CTAN update: mf2pt1

[CTAN Announcements]

Scott Pakin submitted an update to the

                mf2pt1

package.

Version number: 2.7
License type: lppl1.3c

Summary description: Convert stylized Metafont to PostScript Type 1

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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.

Version 2.7 of mf2pt1 supports new --output-dir and --save-temps options 
for controlling where intermediate and output files are written and if 
intermediate files should be retained after execution completes.  It also 
allows helper programs (mpost, t1asm, and fontforge) to be overridden, 
including with arguments, via environment variables.

Thanks to Werner Lemberg for his suggestions for and contributions to this 
new release.


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This package is located at 
   https://mirrors.ctan.org/support/mf2pt1

More information is at
   https://www.ctan.org/pkg/mf2pt1

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   Thanks for the upload.

     For the CTAN Team
    Erik Braun

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