Newsgroups: comp.text.tex

> >If I recall correctly, someone somewhere sometime posted a link to a
> >MetaFont-to-Type3 *vector* converter. Type3 fonts, IIRC, can contain
> >arbitrary PS commands, and can thus be used in vector formats as
> >well.

this is something metapost should be able to do. The script you mention is mf2pt3 (CTAN:fonts/utilities/mf2pt3/).

> Is there a dvips variant that can use this MetaFont-to-vectors
> convertor?  That would be so cool.

any dvips version will do. Simply give a name to T3 fonts that _do not_ end with pfa or pfb, or load them as headers and declare them resident in the .map.

Thierry Bouche