<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for the resources!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Added the following to my tex.stackexchange query:</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Okay, given a `METAFONT` eight.mf:</div><div class="gmail_extra">    mode_setup;<br>    u# := 2mm#;<br>    define_pixels(u);<br>    <br>    beginchar("A", 8u#, 9u#, 5u#);<br>      z1 = ( 0u,  0u);<br>      z2 = ( 8u,  0u);<br>      z3 = ( 1u,  8u);<br>      z4 = ( 7u,  8u);<br>      pickup pencircle scaled 1u#;<br>      draw z4 ..  z1 .. z2 ..  z3 .. cycle;<br>      pickup pencircle scaled 3u#;<br>      drawdot z1;<br>      drawdot z2;<br>      drawdot z3;<br>      drawdot z4;<br>    endchar;<br>    <br>    \end</div><div class="gmail_extra">we process it using</div><div class="gmail_extra">    mf eight.mf</div><div class="gmail_extra">and get the file eight.2602gf</div><div class="gmail_extra">we then run</div><div class="gmail_extra">    gftodvi eight.2602gf</div><div class="gmail_extra">which gets us eight.dvi, but when we open that we see:</div><div class="gmail_extra">[![eight.dvi screengrab][1]][1]</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>  [1]: <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/JrRQI.png">https://i.stack.imgur.com/JrRQI.png</a></div><div class="gmail_extra">Ideally I'd like a solution which makes use of lualatex and PDF --- I'd like to be able to open up a metafont file in a text editor, tweak / edit it, then compile the project and instantly see it overlaid on a pixel image (and possibly surprinted by a vector PDF.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I think it's something basic and simple which I'm missing or failing to communicate.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">William</div></div>