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+The Simpsons Font by Raymond Chen (rjc@math.princeton.edu)
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+The main driver is simpsons.mf. Typical usage is
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+ mf \mode=local_mode; input simpsons
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+with the usual additional backwhacks on UNIX systems.
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+The characters were obtained from...
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+Lisa -- Simpsons Illustrated, Summer 91, cover
+Homer -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, cover
+Bart -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta
+Marge -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta
+Burns -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta
+Maggie -- Simpsons 1992 calendar, ``Phone pranks''
+SNPP -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, Homer's job file
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+They were traced and transferred to graph paper, then magnified fourfold.
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+The original graph paper was ruled at 1u = 1/4in, whence the units involved.
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+Major landmarks tend to be near multiples of 4u.