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accfonts | Font manipulation utilities (mkt1font and vpl2vpl).
The accfonts package contains two utilities to permit easy manipulation of fonts, in particular the creation of unusual accented characters. Mkt1font works on Type 1 PostScript fonts, and vpl2vpl works on TeX virtual fonts. Both programs read in a font, together with a simple definition file containing lines such as "128 z acute"; they then write out a new version of the font with the requested new characters in the numerical slots specified. Great care is taken over the positioning of accents, and over the provision of kerning information for new characters; mkt1font also generates suitable "hints" to enhance quality at small sizes or poor resolutions. The programs are written in Perl. This package was implemented by John Smith and catalogued for CTAN.
| License: gpl Version: 0.212 Updated: 2001/02/26

TeX Catalogue (CTAN Edition) by Graham Williams