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Re:The new TrueType interpreter in FreeType 2.7.0 by wbl on Sunday July 17, 2016 @05:56PM (#12112065)
Little value for the screen when all you want is 80x40, but massively necessary for desktop publishing. Metaphont exists for a reason.
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Re:The new TrueType interpreter in FreeType 2.7.0 by cmrx64 on Sunday July 17, 2016 @11:56PM (#12113155)
Is that a typo of metafont, or is there another system called metaphont? I did a few web searches and didn't come up with anything.
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Re:The new TrueType interpreter in FreeType 2.7.0 by wbl on Monday July 18, 2016 @12:05AM (#12113175)
Is a typo. no idea what my head was doing.
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Re:The new TrueType interpreter in FreeType 2.7.0 by gjm11 on Monday July 18, 2016 @06:42AM (#12114257)
> no idea what my head was doing

Confusing METAFONT with metaphors, presumably.

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