Re: flags, beams and stem length in forced directions - output improvement

[Janek Warchoł]

2011/1/23 Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
>
>> umm... DVI output?  I've searched the manuals and didn't found how
>> to achieve it :/
>
> In one of my previous mails I gave you a recipe how to produce a
> `proof' version of the font using `mf' and `gftodvi'.  It doesn't help
> to get the exact outline since it is always based on the rasterized
> output of `mf', but it nicely shows the construction points (if
> possible).

Oh.
I've tried making a "proof" version of the font, but my insufficient
knowledge resulted in a failure :( So i gave up then, because it
seemed that i won't desperately need this...

>>>  FONTFORGE=foo mf2pt1 --rounding=0.0001 <mf-font>   ,
>>>
>>> do you see the irregularity if you open the font with fontforge?
>>
>> Yes, i attach a screenshot. The font file is here:
>> http://www.mediafire.com/?hadr9nt5w5iqulb
>
> Looking at the image, I see that you haven't followed my advice since
> all overlapping outlines have been removed already.

Sorry for that!
I didn't quite know how to achieve what you said, it didn't work as i
expected :(
I'll try again tomorrow using your instructions.
Thank you very much for your help!
Janek

>  Using the
> `FONTFORGE=foo' environment setting while calling mf2pt1 prevents this
> so that you get the direct output of mf2pt1 without postprocessing
> with fontforge.  And yes, it should really be `foo', a non-existent
> program name.
>
> To set up mf2pt1 so that you can call it manually in an easy way,
> please execute
>
>  mpost -progname=mpost -ini mf2pt1.mp \\dump
>
> in the `mf' subdirectory (lilypond does this in the `mf/out' directory
> during `make all').
>
>>> You might try the recent CVS version of fontforge which has a lot
>>> of fixed issues.  Don't forget to pass `--enable-double' to the
>>> `configure' script of fontforge.
>>
>> Umm.. i'm afraid i don't understand :(
>
> 1. Check out the CVS sources of fontforge:
>
>     cvs -d:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/fontforge login
>     cvs -z3 -d:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/fontforge co -P fontforge
>
> 2. Change to the freshly created `fontforge' directory and configure
>   the program with
>
>     ./configure --enable-double
>
>   then build the program with
>
>     make
>
>   If the configure script complains it is necessary to install
>   additional packages to fulfill all dependencies (probably missing
>   `*-devel' packages so that the necessary C header files are
>   provided for compiling).  After installing a new package, simply
>   rerun `./configure --enable-double' until it succeeds.
>
> 3. Finally, install it with
>
>     sudo make install
>
> Assuming that you are originally using a fontforge package from your
> GNU/Linux distribution, your original binary is in /usr/bin/fontforge.
> Now you have a new, additional binary in `/usr/local/bin/fontforge'.
> You might add `--prefix=/your/preferred/directory/tree' to the
> configure script if you want a different location than `/usr/local'.
>
>
>    Werner
>