(mf2pt1.info)Usage

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2 Usage
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'mf2pt1' is fairly straightforward to use.  To process a Metafont source
file, merely specify the filename:

     mf2pt1 myfont.mf

That simple command automatically performs all of the following
operations:

  1. Read 'myfont.mf'.

  2. Use 'mpost' to convert each character to a separate Encapsulated
     PostScript (EPS) file named 'myfont.NUM'.

  3. Process and merge the EPS files into a single "disassembled" Type 1
     font called 'myfont.pt1'.

  4. Run 't1asm' from the Type 1 Utilities to convert the disassembled
     font into a true, binary Type 1 font called 'myfont.pfb'.

  5. Invoke 'fontforge' to apply rendering hints to 'myfont.pfb' and to
     attempt to remove overlapping paths.

   The external programs launched by 'mf2pt1'--'mpost', 't1asm', and
'fontforge'--can be overridden by setting the eponymous, uppercase
environment variable.  For example, invoking FontForge's predecessor,
PfaEdit, instead of FontForge is simply a matter of setting the
'FONTFORGE' environment variable to 'pfaedit' before invoking 'mf2pt1'.
As a corollary, you can inhibit an 'mf2pt1' external program from
running by setting the corresponding environment variable to the name of
a nonexistent program.

Restrictions

Restrictions imposed on the font source code

Font information

Specifying PostScript font characteristics

Additional command-line options

Options unrelated to font characteristics

Custom font encodings

Altering the mapping from character name to number

Restoring mfplain defaults

Using the original (un)filldraw and pencircle