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diff --git a/system/mftrace/README b/system/mftrace/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..2260225570 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/mftrace/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +mftrace - Scalable PostScript Fonts for MetaFont + +mftrace is a small Python program that lets you trace a TeX bitmap +font into a PFA or PFB font (A PostScript Type1 Scalable Font) or +TTF (TrueType) font. mftrace is a thin Python wrapper around some +other programs that do the real work: a tracing program and t1asm. + +Dependencies: + +* A tracing program + autotrace >= 0.30 (http://autotrace.sourceforge.net) + or potrace (http://potrace.sourceforge.net) + Potrace is recommended as it runs quicker than autotrace, and it + is also available from SlackBuilds.org. +* Python 2.1 or later (http://www.python.org/) +* t1utils (http://www.lcdf.org/~eddietwo/type/) +* TeX –- your TeX installation should include kpsewhich and MetaFont +* FontForge is recommended. + |