METAFONT, created by author Donald E. Knuth, is a computer language
that allows you to produce professional quality typefaces using
mathematical type design. "The METAFONTbook," a users guide and
reference manual, enables readers with only minimal computer
science or word processing experience to master the basic as well
as the more advanced areas of METAFONT programming.
Readers will learn how to write a program for each letter or
symbol of a typeface. Using METAFONT, it is possible to customize a
type design that already exists, or even to create an entire
alphabet from scratch. It is particularly easy to create logos or
special symbols. Advanced users will enjoy the freedom and artistry
that METAFONT allows in creating original typefaces.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Introduces concepts informally early in the text; in later
chapters, these concepts are filled in with more detailed
explanations.
- Program exercises are found throughout the text with answers in
an appendix.
- Exercises and concepts of greater difficulty are marked with
margin symbols. In this way, both beginning and experienced users
of METAFONT can benefit.
- The book is a companion text to Knuth's "The TeXbook," since
TeX can be used to typeset with fonts created using METAFONT.
Knuth's familiar wit, and illustrations specially drawn by Duane
Bibby, add a light touch to an unusually readable software manual.
"The METAFONTbook" is the third in a five-volume series on
"Computers and Typesetting," all authored by Knuth.
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