Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!uh2 From: UH2@PSUVM.BITNET (Lee Sailer) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Self-Adjusting Outline Typefaces Message-ID: <41890UH2@PSUVM> Date: 7 May 88 13:11:06 GMT References: <868@actnyc.UUCP> Organization: Penn Sate Erie--School of Business Lines: 35 In article <868@actnyc.UUCP>, gcf@actnyc.UUCP (Gordon Fitch) says: > >A few weeks ago I posted an inquiry about font outlines >which contained information about how to change them to >adjust for size. I get the following, without permission >Intellifont OEMs mentioned are HP, Archetype Inc. (Boston), stuff deleted... >Hampstead Computer Graphics (East Hampstead, NH), Laser >Friendly (San Jose, CA), and G.O. Graphics (Burlington, MA). > >Similar products are said to be produced by: > > Bitstream (Fontware) > URW (Nimbus) > Flamingo Graphics (?) > Adobe [via Linotype]. > >Generally these products seem to be for sale only to OEMs. > >* Computer Graphics World > 119 Russell St. POB 1112 > Littleton, MA 01460 > (617) 486-9501 I seems to me that it would be fair to say that METAFONT produces ``intelligent'' fonts. Can't you take an existing font and make it a little fatter, or skinnier, or change the aspect ratio slightly, and so on and thus make it look better (or worse, probably, if I did it) at a new size? MetatFont is part of the Public Domain TeX distribution, and runs on every computer ever built in the entire galaxy, including IBM mainframes.