[XeTeX] Font Development

[Khaled Hosny]

On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 08:29:15PM +0100, Martin Schröder wrote:
> 2010/1/8 Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org>:
> > You can use MetaFont to code your font, then process the file with
> > MetaPost to get outline glyphs instead of bitmaps, then use FontForge to
> > assemble it into an otf font. You can use adobe feature files to code
> > OpenType layout features, which FontForge supports as well.
> 
> MetaType1 exists and the GUST guys are working on MetaOTF. :-)

Right, though it isn't strictly MetaFont (well, what I wrote above is
what I used to "port" some legacy MetaFont font to OpenType, for fresh
design he for sure can start with MetaType1).


-- 
 Khaled Hosny
 Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team
 Free font developer
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