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From: RAYBRO%HOLON@utrcgw.utc.com ("William R Brohinsky", ay)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: MFT
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Date: 16 May 91 15:03:00 GMT
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I don't remember if I asked this here, but if I did, the
response must have not been memorable, so I'll ask again.
 
Does anyone know how to actually USE MFT? I know that it will take
my metafont input and make a tex file, and I even know how to
call it on the command line. However, there is no MFTbook, nor
is the woven WEB source much use in figuring out how to actually
utilize it to make MF source comprehensible.
 
I am setting out to try to modify the MusicTeX font files (to add some
of the needed signs that haven't been included). I should like
(since there is a fairly long road ahead for me: I don't have a good
grasp of German OR French OR METAFONT, so it should be a real experience!)
to be able to reformat the source .mf files and use MFT to document the
whole project, especially since Tom Rokicki has included MFT as a
working executable in AmigaTeX3.1.
 
I will state for the record that I've read the METAFONTbook from cover-to-
cover once, and I've also made up and read the MFT Web document. If there's
something obvious that I'm missing in one or the other of these, please
direct me. Otherwise, we don't have any of the journals or transactions
usually associated with DK here (at least not the ones he lists in the
source document section of the CMR font sources book, is it volume F from
Computers and type setting?). If anyone has a copy of any of these
articles that are still valid (I can't run sail!) and would send me a
xerox, I'd be much obliged.
 
raybro
raybro%holon@utrcgw.utc.com
 
William R. Brohinsky
UTRC
MS 120-23
400 Silver Lane
E. Hartford, CT 06108
 
I will summarize and post any replies e-mailed directly to me.
 
raybro