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An addition to the "philosophical" part of my earlier response
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(as below): You can "manipulate" a font at the MetaFont level
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by changing the .mf code of the font! E.g., you might add an <br>
implementation of an algorithm that adds the "shades". <br>
-- Best, Uwe. <br><br>
At 17:31 04.09.05, Douglas Lewan wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>I could swear that I've seen
information about manipulating fonts in many ways: stretching
height, width, shearing, shading, etc.<br><br>
<u>The LaTeX Companion</u> (2nd edition) hints at some of those things in
section 7.2.3, but doesn't tell me how to do them. \magnify isn't
available under LaTeX (and I assume shouldn't be).<br><br>
What's the right way to proceed? Thanks.</blockquote><br>
I only have the 1st edition of the Companion. There, sec. 7.2.3 <br>
just explains in which respects fonts may differ. The depicted <br>
examples have been obtained by "manipulating" fonts, but by
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using different fonts. E.g., it is not about "shading a font",
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only about a font with characters that look "shaded".
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One might at best consider appropriate speaking of
"manipulating" <br>
at the MetaFont level, in the sense that character data of a font <br>
family (Computer Modern, e.g.) turn into different shapes, <br>
depending on certain parameters, the slant, e.g. Or there might <br>
be a family with a parameter called `shaded'. <br><br>
Best, <br>
Uwe. <br>
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