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The program takes a semi-algorithmic specification of a font,
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and produces a bitmap font (whose properties are defined by a
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set of parameters of the target device), and a set metrics for
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use by TeX. The bitmap output may be converted into a format
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directly usable by a device driver, etc., by the tools provided
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in the parallel mfware distribution. (Third parties have
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developed tools to convert the bitmap output to outline fonts.)
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The distribution includes the source of Knuth's Metafont book;
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this source is there to read, as an example of writing TeX --
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it should not be processed without Knuth's direct permission.
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