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Modes are commonly defined using the <code>mode_def</code> -convention described on page 94 of <em>The Metafontbook</em> -(see <a href="FAQ-books.html">TeX-related books</a>). You will need -a file, conventionally called <i>local.mf</i>, containing all the -<code>mode_def</code>s you will be using. In the unlikely event that -<i>local.mf</i> doesn’t already exist, Karl Berry’s collection of -modes (<i>modes.mf</i>) is a good starting point -(it can be used as a ‘<i>local.mf</i>’ without modification in a -typical modern implementation of Metafont). Lists of -settings for various output devices are also published periodically in -<i>TUGboat</i> (see <a href="FAQ-TUGstar.html">TUG</a>). Now create -a <code>plain</code> base file using <i>mf</i> (in “initialisation” -mode), <code>plain.mf</code>, and <code>local.mf</code>: -<blockquote> -<pre> -% mf -ini -This is METAFONT... -**plain # you type plain -(output) -*input local # you type this -(output) -*dump # you type this -Beginning to dump on file plain... -(output) -</pre> -</blockquote><p> - -This will create a base file named <i>plain.base</i> -(or something similar; for example, it will be <i>PLAIN.BAS</i> -on MSDOS systems). Move the file to the directory containing -the base files on your system. -<p/>Now you need to make sure Metafont loads this new base when it starts up. If -Metafont loads the <code>plain</code> base by default on your system, then you’re -ready to go. Under Unix (using the default TeX Live (and earlier) -distributions this does indeed happen, but we could for instance -define a command <i>plainmf</i> - -which executes ‘<code>mf -base=plain</code>’ (or, in more traditional -style ‘<code>mf &plain</code>’) which loads the <code>plain</code> base -file. -<p/>The usual way to create a font with Metafont (with an appropriate base -file loaded) is to start Metafont’s input with the - -line -<pre> -\mode=<mode name>; mag=<magnification>; input <font file name> -</pre> -in response to the ‘<code>**</code>’ prompt or on the Metafont command line. (If -<code><mode name></code> is unknown or omitted, the mode defaults to -‘proof’ mode and Metafont will produce an output file called -<i><font file name>.2602gf</i>) -The <code><magnification></code> is a floating point number or -‘magstep’ (magsteps are defined in <em>The Metafontbook</em> and -<em>The TeXbook</em>). -If <code>mag=<magnification></code> is omitted, then the default -is 1 (magstep 0). For example, to generate cmr10 at 12pt for an Epson -printer you might type -<blockquote> -<pre> -mf \mode=epson; mag=magstep 1; input cmr10 -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -Note that under Unix the <code>\</code> and <code>;</code> -characters must usually be quoted or escaped, so this would typically -look something like -<blockquote> -<pre> - mf '\mode=epson; mag=magstep 1; input cmr10' -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -If you need a special mode that isn’t in the base, you can put its -commands in a file (<em>e.g.</em>, <i>ln03.mf</i>) and invoke it on the -fly with the <code>\</code><code>smode</code> command. For example, to create -<i>cmr10.300gf</i> for an LN03 printer, using the file -<blockquote> -<pre> -% This is ln03.mf as of 1990/02/27 -% mode_def courtesy of John Sauter -proofing:=0; -fontmaking:=1; -tracingtitles:=0; -pixels_per_inch:=300; -blacker:=0.65; -fillin:=-0.1; -o_correction:=.5; -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -(note the absence of the <code>mode_def</code> and <code>enddef</code> -commands), you would type -<blockquote> -<pre> -mf \smode="ln03"; input cmr10 -</pre> -</blockquote><p> -This technique isn’t one you should regularly use, but it may -prove useful if you acquire a new printer and want to experiment with -parameters, or for some other reason are regularly editing the -parameters you’re using. Once you’ve settled on an appropriate set of -parameters, you should use them to rebuild the base file that you use. -<p/>Other sources of help are discussed in our list of -<a href="FAQ-mfptutorials.html">Metafont and MetaPost Tutorials</a>. -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>modes.mf</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/modes/modes.mf">fonts/modes/modes.mf</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/modes.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=useMF">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=useMF</a> -</body> |