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From: dhosek@sif.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.)
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Subject: Re: Scalable weight fonts
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Date: 2 Aug 90 18:51:14 GMT
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In article <357@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>, ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.oz.au (Ian Farquhar) writes...
>Is anyone aware of any research into scaling the weight (not the size)
>of a font?  This is an interesting area, and one which - if it were
>able to be efficiently implemented - would add great utility to any
>PDL or program.

The most significant work along these lines that I know of is the
experimentation done by various individuals with Metafont. The
introduction to _Computer Modern Typefaces_ gives a brief
bibliography of work done in this area.

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