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GFtoAC — Making Press fonts from METAFONT output
CEDAR 6.0 — FOR INTERNAL XEROX USE ONLY
GFtoAC
Making Press fonts from METAFONT output
Pavel Curtis
© Copyright 1985 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
Abstract: GFtoAC converts a GF (``generic font'') file produced by METAFONT into an AC (``aligned characters'') file as needed for installation on any of the PARC printers.
Created by: Pavel Curtis
Maintained by: Pavel Curtis <Pavel.pa>
Keywords: METAFONT, generic font, aligned characters, GF, AC
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For Internal Xerox Use Only
Using GFtoAC
First, bring over the latest version of [Cedar]<CedarChest6.0>Top>GFtoAC.df into ///Commands.
will convert ``foo.gf'' into ``foo.ac'', and
GFtoAC foo.384gf
converts ``foo.384gf'' into ``foo.ac''.
The AC files produced by GFtoAC can be viewed and/or edited using the Cedar FontEdit command.
For best results, the GF files should be produced by M
ETAFONT using
mode=
foo, where
foo is one of the following:
dover or localfont to produce a font for use on the Dover printers
raven to produce a font for a Raven printer
platemaker or plate to produce a font for the Platemaker
See Also ...
The following commands may also be of interest:
MF (METAFONT) TeX FontEdit GFtoPress