Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!casaba!psycho From: psycho@casaba.ucsb.edu (Scot Kellan Forbes) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Bitstream Fontware and Personal TeX Inc FIP Message-ID: <7191@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 13 Nov 90 22:04:58 GMT References: Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Reply-To: psycho@casaba.UUCP (Scot Kellan Forbes) Distribution: comp Organization: University of California, Santa Barbara Lines: 16 In article jg@prg.ox.ac.uk (Jeremy Gibbons) writes: >Fontware fonts are outline fonts, with some extra `rules' to ensure even stem >weights and so on. PTI's FIP is an MS-DOS program to convert these `smart >outlines' into the .pk bitmaps and .tfm metrics that TeX uses. The combination I'm sure this has been asked several times already, but where can I find information on the format used in Fontware outlines? The scaling algorithms would also be very useful if they are available, or scaling algorithms in general. In fact, any good documentation on outline fonts and scaling would be appreciated. (Do I sound just a little indecisive? :) Thanx in advance! Scot Forbes psycho@cs.ucsb.edu