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mf2pt1: Usage

 
 2 Usage
 *******
 
 'mf2pt1' is fairly straightforward to use.  To process a Metafont source
 file, merely specify the filename:
 
      mf2pt1 myfont.mf
 
 That simple command automatically performs all of the following
 operations:
 
   1. Read 'myfont.mf'.
 
   2. Use 'mpost' to convert each character to a separate Encapsulated
      PostScript (EPS) file named 'myfont.NUM'.
 
   3. Process and merge the EPS files into a single "disassembled" Type 1
      font called 'myfont.pt1'.
 
   4. Run 't1asm' from the Type 1 Utilities to convert the disassembled
      font into a true, binary Type 1 font called 'myfont.pfb'.
 
   5. Invoke 'fontforge' to apply rendering hints to 'myfont.pfb' and to
      attempt to remove overlapping paths.
 
    The external programs launched by 'mf2pt1'--'mpost', 't1asm', and
 'fontforge'--can be overridden by setting the eponymous, uppercase
 environment variable.  For example, invoking FontForge's predecessor,
 PfaEdit, instead of FontForge is simply a matter of setting the
 'FONTFORGE' environment variable to 'pfaedit' before invoking 'mf2pt1'.
 As a corollary, you can inhibit an 'mf2pt1' external program from
 running by setting the corresponding environment variable to the name of
 a nonexistent program.
 

Menu

 
· Restrictions                Restrictions imposed on the font source code
· Font information            Specifying PostScript font characteristics
· Additional command-line options  Options unrelated to font characteristics
· Custom font encodings       Altering the mapping from character name to number
· Restoring mfplain defaults  Using the original (un)filldraw and pencircle
 

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