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5 Metafont: Creating typeface families
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Metafont is a system for producing shapes; it was designed for producing
complete typeface families, but it can also produce geometric designs,
dingbats, etc.  And it has considerable mathematical and
equation-solving capabilities which can be useful entirely on their own.

  Metafont is a batch language, like C or Pascal: you compile a Metafont
program into a corresponding font, rather than interactively drawing
lines or curves.  This approach has both considerable disadvantages
(people unfamiliar with conventional programming languages will be
unlikely to find it usable) and considerable advantages (you can make
your design intentions specific and parameterizable).  For a complete
description of the Metafont language, see `The METAFONTbook' (Note:
References).

mf invocation: Invoking Metafont.
Initial Metafont: Making bases.
Modes: Device definitions for Metafont.
Online Metafont graphics: Seeing MF output online.
gftodvi invocation: Making proofsheets for fonts.
mft invocation: Prettyprinting Metafont sources.

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