<div dir="ltr"><div>Managed to get a bit farther --- using the Making TeX Work chapter made the file "eight.mf" which mf would process w/o error (but I only got a .2602gf file out of it, not tfm). </div><div><br></div><div>mf '\input eight.mf'</div><div><br></div><div>This file did process correctly using gftodvi, resulting in a dvi which would open (previous efforts were 0 bytes in length)</div><div><br></div><div>gftodvi eight.2602gf</div><div><br></div><div>But, when I open it, the character is many times larger than it ought to be, over-flowing the page --- how do I get it to be limited to the page in question.</div><div><br></div><div>Is there some better way to do this? As I noted, what I really want is to overlay the proof file and a vector image (though being able to also overlay a pixel image would be nice for some instances).</div><div><br></div><div>William</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 9:37 AM, William Adams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:will.adams@frycomm.com" target="_blank">will.adams@frycomm.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I've decided I really want to finally get started with METAFONT --- having a hard time getting started 'cause I'm not getting some of the program interactions, naming conventions, and so forth.</div><div><br></div><div>It was my intent to start with the sample file from "Lessons learned from METAFONT" in _Digital Typography_ but I've been having a hard time just getting it transcribed accurately and getting started at running it.</div><div><br></div><div>Does anyone have a cheat sheet which breaks down which program calls result in what files, which are need for what aspects of the design process?</div><div><br></div><div>I guess that what needs to happen is we need to update _Making TeX Work_ to fill in for the "local guide" <a href="http://makingtexwork.sourceforge.net/mtw/ch11.html" target="_blank">http://makingtexwork.<wbr>sourceforge.net/mtw/ch11.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Basically, I have a _lot_ of drawings in a _lot_ of files for a typeface revival I'm working on --- it's optically-sized, and I only have a couple of complete sets (from memory, 28 and 72 pt.) and only one pair of letters where I have all the sizes (cap and lowercase N/n) so what I want to do is work up a system which allows me to:</div><div><br></div><div> - design letters as strokes in METAFONT w/ an adjustment for optical size (and maybe some others)</div><div> - proof these letters on-screen easily / automatically / at least somewhat interactively</div><div> - overlay the proof letters w/ the outlines which I do have</div><div> - get a nice outline from the METAFONT design which I can then use to make an Opentype font</div><div><br></div><div>I've been reading through everything I can find on this for a very long time, but every time I go to try something, something doesn't work / breaks, and I'm never sure if it's my system, my effort at running the command, a transcription error, or something.</div><div><br></div><div>It doesn't help that I am now reduced to a small Windows 10 tablet as my main computer --- I've been trying to get MikTeX updated to run all the METAFONT programs, but would be open to some other distribution if it would be better supported. (Linux isn't really an option, since I prefer to write using a stylus rather than type at a keyboard).</div><div><br></div><div>Any notes / sample files / links anyone has would be welcome.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>William</div></font></span></div>
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