METATYPE1
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METATYPE1 is a tool for creating Type 1 font
s using METAPOST
, developed by the Polish JNS team (Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk).
Since METAFONT
cannot produce outline fonts (vector-based), a new tool was needed to help creating such fonts, primarily for use with TeX
, although the OpenType
versions of the fonts might be used in any other program. It is less powerful than METAFONT
since no pens can be used, only filled paths, but it still allows creation of parametric fonts.
Most important fonts produced with METATYPE1 are: Latin Modern, Latin Modern Math, TeX Gyre, Antykwa Toruńska, Antykwa Półtawskiego, Kurier and Iwona.
Font
In typography, a font is traditionally defined as a quantity of sorts composing a complete character set of a single size and style of a particular typeface...
s using METAPOST
MetaPost
MetaPost refers to both a programming language and the interpreter of the MetaPost programming language. Both are derived from Donald Knuth's Metafont language and interpreter. MetaPost excels at producing diagrams in the PostScript programming language from a geometric/algebraic description...
, developed by the Polish JNS team (Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk).
Since METAFONT
METAFONT
Metafont is a programming language used to define vector fonts. It is also the name of the interpreter that executes Metafont code, generating the bitmap fonts that can be embedded into e.g. PostScript...
cannot produce outline fonts (vector-based), a new tool was needed to help creating such fonts, primarily for use with TeX
TeX
TeX is a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth and released in 1978. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as ....
, although the OpenType
OpenType
OpenType is a format for scalable computer fonts. It was built on its predecessor TrueType, retaining TrueType's basic structure and adding many intricate data structures for prescribing typographic behavior...
versions of the fonts might be used in any other program. It is less powerful than METAFONT
METAFONT
Metafont is a programming language used to define vector fonts. It is also the name of the interpreter that executes Metafont code, generating the bitmap fonts that can be embedded into e.g. PostScript...
since no pens can be used, only filled paths, but it still allows creation of parametric fonts.
Most important fonts produced with METATYPE1 are: Latin Modern, Latin Modern Math, TeX Gyre, Antykwa Toruńska, Antykwa Półtawskiego, Kurier and Iwona.
External links
- Homepage of Janusz M. Nowacki with fonts produced with METATYPE1
- [ftp://bop.eps.gda.pl/pub/metatype1/ ftp with the program METATYPE1 (Windows)]
- METATYPE1 for Unices