METAFONT: A System for Alphabet Design.

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Abstract:

This is the users manual for METAFONT, a companion to the TEX typesetting system. The system makes it fairly easy to define high quality fonts of type in a machine-independent manner a user writes programs in a new language developed for this purpose. By varying parameters of a design, an unlimited number of typefaces can be obtained from a single set of programs. The manual also sketches the algorithms used by the system to draw the character shapes. Author

Author(s):
Knuth, Donald E.
Author Organization(s):
STANFORD UNIV CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Pagination:
0056

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
STAN-CS-79-762, AIM-332
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-76-C-0330, NSF-MCS72-03752
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1_Force Support
Communities of Interest:
C4I
Descriptor(s):
*PROGRAMMING MANUALS, *COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN, INTERACTIONS, SHAPE, QUALITY, COMPUTER GRAPHICS, USER NEEDS, INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS, MAN COMPUTER INTERFACE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software
Keyword(s):
*Typesetting, Font styles, METAFONT Computer program
Report Date:
1979 Sep 01