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Re: lilypond ./ChangeLog mf/feta-eindelijk.mf mf/fe...
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Han-Wen Nienhuys |
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Re: lilypond ./ChangeLog mf/feta-eindelijk.mf mf/fe... |
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Sat, 25 Dec 2004 14:20:03 +0100 |
address@hidden writes:
> > > Prepare glyph shapes for mf2pt1 conversion.
> >
> > Why are you doing this? I have the impression that without filldraw,
> > the MF code becomes (slightly) more complex. Am I missing
> > something?
>
> Sorry for not announcing -- I thought that the advantages are obvious:
> Exact generation of the music glyphs, no need for mftrace.
> Additionally, the conversion will be around 10times faster. We still
> need fontforge for removing overlaps[1] and adding hints, though.
OK -- This will be great; However, I suppose we will still need some
glue scripting, though. Also, I have the impression (not sure, though)
that the parmesan files will need a lot more work, since they use
shaped pens. Have you investigated that? I am not too fond of
requiring two parallel mechanisms for creating Type1 fonts
simultaneously.
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Han-Wen Nienhuys | address@hidden | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen