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fig2MF

Briefly, fig2MF uses the mfpic macros to create formatted, commented MF code from the fig graphics language. This means that programs like xfig can be used as interactive font creation tools. I wrote fig2MF so that I could portably illustrate TeX documents, but I suppose one could use it to design letterforms as well.

The package consists of a single C source code file, modified mfpic macros, documentation, and sample fig files. It is available at the shsu archives.


Excerpted from The comp.fonts FAQ, Copyright © 1992-96 by Norman Walsh