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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-MF.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-MF.html index 45a0be06dd8..373eadc5088 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-MF.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-MF.html @@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ <p/>Metafont was written by Knuth as a companion to TeX; whereas TeX defines the layout of glyphs on a page, Metafont defines the shapes of the glyphs and the relations between them. Metafont details the sizes of -glyphs, for TeX’s benefit, and details the rasters used to +glyphs, for TeX’s benefit, and details the rasters used to represent the glyphs, for the benefit of programs that will produce printed output as post processes after a run of TeX. -<p/>Metafont’s language for defining fonts permits the expression of several +<p/>Metafont’s language for defining fonts permits the expression of several classes of things: first (of course), the simple geometry of the glyphs; second, the properties of the print engine for which the -output is intended; and third, ‘meta’-information which can +output is intended; and third, ‘meta’-information which can distinguish different design sizes of the same font, or the difference between two fonts that belong to the same (or related) families. <p/>Knuth (and others) have designed a fair range of fonts using Metafont, |