28 Apr
2016
28 Apr
'16
9:05 a.m.
On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:42 AM, Brian L. Stuart
<blstuart at bellsouth.net> wrote:
On Thu, 4/28/16, Rod Smallwood <rodsmallwood52 at btinternet.com> wrote:
Metafont has a fatal defect: it only generates bitmap fonts. Those have been obsolete for
decades (except, occasionally, on display devices).
paul
Every fancy curve there is but not a straight
forward line and circle method of creating lower case
characters
I'm not sure if you count it as straightforward, but I'd
suggest METAFONT. Straight lines are certainly straightforward.
Circles are a little more fun, but once you get the hang
of the math, most any curve is pretty easy to create.