CTAN Update: mf2pt1

[CTAN Announcements]

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the

                mf2pt1

package.

Version:  2.6 2020-11-27
License:  lppl1.3c

Summary description:  Convert stylized Metafont to PostScript Type 1

Announcement text:
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 mf2pt1 facilitates producing PostScript Type 1 fonts from a Metafont
 source file.  mf2pt1's advantage over tools such as TeXtrace and mftrace
 is that it does not rely on bitmap tracing and therefore can produce
 higher-quality Type 1 fonts than trace-based tools.
 The catch is that mf2pt1 imposes a number of restrictions on the
 Metafont input so it is not, as the name may imply, an automatic
 converter of arbitrary Metafont fonts to Type 1 format.

 Starting with version 2.6, mf2pt1 no longer automatically generates
 a unique ID for the font.  Unique IDs frustrate reproducible builds
 of fonts; mf2pt1 generated such IDs randomly, implying that there was
 no guarantee of uniqueness; and Adobe has declared that unique IDs
 are no longer necessary
 (see, e.g., https://fontforge.org/docs/techref/UniqueID.html).

 In addition, a large number of external links in the mf2pt1
 documentation have been updated to point to current locations.

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The package’s Catalogue entry can be viewed at
   https://ctan.org/pkg/mf2pt1

The package’s files themselves can be inspected at
   http://mirror.ctan.org/support/mf2pt1/

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   Thanks for the upload.

     For the CTAN Team
    Petra Rübe-Pugliese

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