From - Wed Apr 10 00:20:38 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.25]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g39MKRa91394 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:20:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta6.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.222) by mel-rto6.wanadoo.fr; 10 Apr 2002 00:20:27 +0200 Received: from localhost (80.14.157.146) by mel-rta6.wanadoo.fr; 10 Apr 2002 00:20:20 +0200 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:20:47 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Kenneth Beesley To: metafont@ens.fr Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <0A51F0E5-4C08-11D6-BCE1-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 530 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Test message. From - Wed Apr 10 00:26:55 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto7.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-7.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.26]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g39MQha92171 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:26:43 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta1.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.150) by mel-rto7.wanadoo.fr; 10 Apr 2002 00:26:43 +0200 Received: from localhost (80.14.157.146) by mel-rta1.wanadoo.fr; 10 Apr 2002 00:26:20 +0200 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:26:47 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Kenneth Beesley To: metafont@ens.fr Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 531 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] test message Test message. I thought I had subscribed to metafont@ens.fr, but I have never received any messages. Je pensais avoir souscrit a metafont@ens.fr Il y a quelqu'un? Ken From - Wed Apr 10 00:35:12 2002 Return-Path: Received: from wisbech.cl.cam.ac.uk (mta1.cl.cam.ac.uk [128.232.0.15]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g39MZ3a93049 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:35:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pallas.cl.cam.ac.uk ([128.232.8.88] helo=cl.cam.ac.uk ident=rf) by wisbech.cl.cam.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.092 #1) id 16v4Cc-00004t-00; Tue, 09 Apr 2002 23:35:02 +0100 To: Kenneth Beesley Cc: metafont@ens.fr Subject: Re: [metafont] test message In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:26:47 +0200." Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 23:35:02 +0100 From: Robin Fairbairns Message-Id: X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 532 Precedence: list > Test message. I thought I had subscribed to metafont@ens.fr, > but I have never received any messages. you don't get your own messages back (iirc - it's been some time since i last posted). there've been rather few messages, other than yours, in the recent past. From - Wed Apr 10 10:02:58 2002 Return-Path: Received: from mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr (smtp-out-4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.23]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g3A82na49618 for ; Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:02:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mel-rta5.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.122) by mel-rto4.wanadoo.fr; 10 Apr 2002 10:02:49 +0200 Received: from LocalHost (80.14.157.146) by mel-rta5.wanadoo.fr; 10 Apr 2002 10:02:32 +0200 Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:02:59 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v481) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Kenneth Beesley To: metafont@ens.fr Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <5F73B284-4C59-11D6-BCE1-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.481) X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 533 Precedence: list Subject: [metafont] Newbie Proof Problem Dear Friends of METAFONT, I'm a METAFONT beginner, trying to design a new exotic font (Deseret Alphabet, a 19th-century spelling reform alphabet for English). I have read (and am re-reading) The METAFONTbook and "METAFONT: Guide Pratique". I'm running mf (really mfw, compiled for X Window) on Macintosh TiBook. And I've gotten as far as proofs. I run mfw desalph24.mf and generate desalph24.2602fs, desalph24.dvi, and desalph24.ps, which I can view with gv. My letters are recognizable but so far not too beautiful--I'll keep working on them. Problem: Most of the labels are covered up when I view the proofs. Do I need to customize the gray font? Problem: I have an EPSON Stylus Photo 895 printer, which advertises itself as having a resolution "up to 2880 dpi x 720 dpi". How does that translate into a METAFONT mode? Question: Are there courses or seminars where METAFONT beginners can learn at the feet of an expert? Any help would be much appreciated. Ken ken.beesley@xrce.xerox.com beesley@wanadoo.fr From - Fri Apr 12 22:05:02 2002 Return-Path: Received: from vesuve.globetrotter.net (vesuve.quebectel.com [142.169.1.81]) by nef.ens.fr (8.10.1/1.01.28121999) with ESMTP id g3CK4sa07773 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:04:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [142.169.54.15] (ts1-05.f135.quebectel.com [142.169.54.15]) by vesuve.globetrotter.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA02964 for ; Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:04:48 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2106 Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 16:04:45 -0400 Subject: Re: [metafont] Newbie Proof Problem From: Pierre VINET To: Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <5F73B284-4C59-11D6-BCE1-000393454058@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mime-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by nef.ens.fr id g3CK4sa07773 X-Virus-Scanner: AMaVis 0.2.0-pre6 / Virus Scan X-Loop: metafont@nef.ens.fr X-Sequence: 534 Precedence: list Le 10/04/02 04:02, Kenneth Beesley écrivit : > > Problem: I have an EPSON Stylus Photo 895 printer, which advertises > itself as having a resolution "up to 2880 dpi x 720 dpi". How does that > translate into a METAFONT mode? Look at the file {/texmf/metafont/misc}modes.mf, find every "epson" occurences in it. For a better reading : run mft on modes.mf and then tex on modes.tex. Setting a mode is a kind of trial and error. > Question: Are there courses or seminars where METAFONT beginners > can learn at the feet of an expert? Run latex twice on metafont-for-beginners.tex from CTAN Look at : Alan Hoenig. Tex Unbound. Oxford University Press. 1998 Go to http://www-cgrl.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/metafont.html See Liam Quin's Metafont Guide at http://www-cgrl.cs.mcgill.ca/~luc/quin.html See Fonts and symbols on the (La)TeXNavigator at http://tex.loria.fr/index.html Search for MetaPost documentation Hope this may help. -- pv