Creating Type 1 fonts from METAFONT sources: Comparison of tools, techniques and results

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 3130, Issue , 2004, Pages 240-256

  Píška, Karel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Approximation; B zier curves; Bitmap fonts; Font conversion; METAFONT; METAPOST; Outline fonts; PostScript; Type 1 fonts

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

APPROXIMATION; BITMAP FONTS; METAFONT; METAPOST; OUTLINE FONTS; POSTSCRIPT; TYPE 1 FONTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 35048863422     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-27773-6_19     Document Type: Article

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