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MetaType1, also stylized as METATYPE1, is a tool for creating Type 1 fonts using MetaPost, developed by the Polish JNS team (Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk).^[1]

Since Metafont cannot produce outline fonts (vector-based), a new tool was needed to help creating such fonts, primarily for use with TeX, although the OpenType versions of the fonts might be used in any other program. It is less powerful than Metafont since no pens can be used, only filled paths, but it still allows creation of parametric fonts.^[2]

Most important fonts produced with MetaType1 are: Latin Modern, Latin Modern Math, TeX Gyre, Antykwa Toruńska, Antykwa Półtawskiego, Kurier and Iwona.

References[edit]

Yannis Haralambous, Fonts and Encodings, O'Reilly 2007, ISBN 0-596-10242-9, pages 947–956

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^ metatype1 – Generate Type 1 fonts from METAPOST CTAN
^ MetaType1: a METAPOST -based engine for generating Type 1 fonts, Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk, 2001

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[1] tatype1 – Generate Type 1 fonts from METAPOST CTAN

[2] MetaType1: a METAPOST -based engine for generating Type 1 fonts, Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk, 2001

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-'''METATYPE1''' is a tool for creating [[PostScript Type 1|Type 1]] [[font]]s using [[METAPOST]], developed by the Polish JNS team (Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk).<ref>[http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/metatype1/ metatype1 – Generate Type 1 fonts from METAPOST] CTAN</ref>
+'''MetaType1''', also stylized as '''METATYPE1''', is a tool for creating [[PostScript Type 1|Type 1]] [[font]]s using [[MetaPost]], developed by the Polish JNS team ([[Bogusław Jackowski]], Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk).<ref>[http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utilities/metatype1/ metatype1 – Generate Type 1 fonts from METAPOST] CTAN</ref>
 Since [[Metafont]] cannot produce outline fonts (vector-based), a new tool was needed to help creating such fonts, primarily for use with [[TeX]], although the [[OpenType]] versions of the fonts might be used in any other program. It is less powerful than [[Metafont]] since no pens can be used, only filled paths, but it still allows creation of parametric fonts.<ref>[http://www.ntg.nl/maps/26/15.pdf MetaType1: a METAPOST -based engine for generating Type 1 fonts], Bogusław Jackowski, Janusz Marian Nowacki and Piotr Strzelczyk, 2001</ref>
-Most important fonts produced with METATYPE1 are: [[Latin Modern]], [[Latin Modern Math]], [[TeX Gyre]], [[Antykwa Toruńska]], [[Antykwa Półtawskiego]], [[Kurier (font)|Kurier]] and [[Iwona]].
+Most important fonts produced with MetaType1 are: [[Latin Modern]], [[Latin Modern Math]], [[TeX Gyre]], [[Antykwa Toruńska]], [[Antykwa Półtawskiego]], [[Kurier (font)|Kurier]] and [[Iwona]].
 ==References==
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 == External links ==
-* [http://www.jmn.pl/ Homepage of Janusz M. Nowacki with fonts produced with METATYPE1]{{dead link|date=October 2021}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100625034648/http://www.jmn.pl/ Homepage of Janusz M. Nowacki with fonts produced with MetaType1]
-* [ftp://bop.eps.gda.pl/pub/metatype1/ ftp with the program METATYPE1 (Windows)]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
+* [ftp://bop.eps.gda.pl/pub/metatype1/ ftp with the program MetaType1 (Windows)]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
-* [http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/mtype13 METATYPE1 for Unices]{{dead link|date=October 2021}}
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012055705/http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/systems/unix/mtype13/ MetaType1 for Unices]
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