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Converting METAFONT sources to outline fonts using METAPOST
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Iska, Karel P. ยด |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | The paper describes a multistep conversion process from METAFONT sources to outline fonts (Adobe Type 1 format). An important step, finding contours, is based on an accurate algorithm fitting the envelope curve of a stroke drawn by a pen along a cubic Bezier curve by the least square method, specially extended (adapted) for a rotated elliptical pen applied, for instance, in the Devanagari font design. After converting the EPS files produced by METAPOST to the correspond- ing outline representation, the FontForge font editor is used for removing overlap, simplification, autohinting, generating outline fonts, and necessary manual mod- ifications. The conversion results, the faithful Indic Type 1 fonts (significantly more precise and closer to optimal than earlier attempts made by autotracing bitmaps) will be released. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://tug.org/TUGboat/tb26-2/piska.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.tug.org/TUGboat/tb26-2/piska.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |