Re: A single font can display ANY alphabet, pictograph, or rune

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 20:31:06 -0400, tomhchappell <tomhchappell@...>
wrote:

> To a program like Gary's, with a Master Grid (perhaps one with 100
> points instead of just 25 -- each point specified by a digit-pair
> instead of a letter) and your choice of size-orientation-and-shape of
> pen-point, add the production of Bezier curves, with the quantization
> requirement that each end-point and/or control-point must be one of
> the points of the Master Grid.
>
> That sounds, to me, so far, like it would have given me what I'd
> wanted, if I'd been smart enough to program it in the first place.
Of course, once you get into a system that complex, you're verging on
reinventing METAFONT, which might be more advisble if your needs are that
complex.




Paul

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