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From: harlick@plains.UUCP (Ryan)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Making fonts with Metafont
Message-ID: <3652@plains.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 07:24:11 GMT
Reply-To: harlick@plains.UUCP (Ryan)
Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo
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How does one make fonts with Metafont?  I have all the mf files and I want
to make 180dpi fonts to use with a Epson dvi driver.  Do I have to
make a new base file?  I thought that all I had to do was:

	\mode=epson
	input fontname

then select Q to quietly run.  The problem is that my gf files are around
80K.  The files that came with a demo version of TeX are around 5K.  What
am I doing wrong?  Also, they are huge when printed out. (Example cmr7 looks
like a fifty point font when printed out)  

Also when I input the mf filename the vifm says that there wierd characters
in my mf files. cntrl-m.  Why would it see the return character?

Anyway I'm stuck and need help.

			Yours Truly,
			Ryan Harlicker
			harlick@plains.nodak.edu