Re: Google Summer of Code - Ideas List, please discuss

[David Kastrup]

Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

>> Somewhat independently, there is a mf2pt1.pl Perl script that
>> (shudder) generates .pe script to transform a metapost output to a
>> Type 1 font.  I guess that could be done more concisely directly as
>> a python script.
>
> This sounds like a very nice addition.  Maybe generating Python should
> be the default, retaining the old .pe approach with as an option.  The
> FontForge list is quite helpful in case questions arise.
>
> Scott Pakin, author of mf2pt1, will certainly add any improvements.

There is also a program/utility Metatype in the TeX world, and it has
been used for generating various Type1 fonts from Metafont sources.

-- 
David Kastrup