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From: robinson@prism.gatech.EDU (Stephen M. Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: PostScript fonts to metafont
Keywords: postscript,metafont
Message-ID: <21214@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 4 Feb 91 21:15:38 GMT
References: <1991Feb4.192259.11223@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Organization: Georgia Tech Computer Science, AI Group
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In article <1991Feb4.192259.11223@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> ilh@winnie-the-pooh.mit.edu (I. Lee Hetherington) writes:
>I've heard rumors about a program to convert metafonts to PostScript.  Anyone
>hear of a program to do the opposite: PostScript (Adobe Type-1) to Metafont?

>like to generate some bitmaps for use with previewers.

This is what I would like to do as well. Note: this is *not* asking how to use
PS fonts with Latex as described in the FAQ file, but rather how to get
descriptions of those fonts usable in previewers (in my case, with a Symbolics
previewer). Please post answers as this type of question has been asked before.

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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
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