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From: wainscot@wheatena.berkeley.edu (Brian Wainscott)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Metafont HELP!!!
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Date: 27 Mar 89 23:40:08 GMT
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I have been having problems in Metafont defining my own printer mode for
making some fonts.  Specifically, I am trying to generate fonts for a device
that has 360 horozontal DPI but only 180 vertical, and when I set the
aspect_ratio variable to 1/2, I get wierd results for small characters.
(I'm using an EPSON LQ850, which is ok in 180x180 mode, but there is a
360x180 mode I want to try to get working.)

CMR10 dosen't look right until I hit about magstep2, because at lower mag
all the horozontal strokes are too thick - in fact twice as thick as the
same strokes on my old 180x180 font.

I would also like to know where to get Metafont input for any good fonts
for use with mathematics (particularly the Blackboard Bold font).

Any suggestions/help would be GREATLY appreciated.

P.S.  -  Anyone know where I can get my hands on the source for a printer
         driver - once I get the fonts working I'll need one, and don't
         REALLY want to write one complete from scratch!

-Brian Wainscott
wainscot@math.berkeley.edu