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Metafont is a description language used to define raster fonts. It is also the name of the interpreter that executes Metafont code, generating the bitmap fonts that can be embedded into e.g. PostScript. Metafont was devised by Donald Knuth as a companion to his TeX typesetting system.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metafont | Developer | Donald Knuth | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | License | Permissive | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | Operating system | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | Repository | svn.tug.org:8369/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | Stable release | 2.71828182 / January 2021; 5 years ago (2021-01) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | Type | Computer language | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | Website | ctan.org/pkg/metafont | 1.00 | infobox |
| Metafont | is a | description language used to define raster fonts | 0.90 | text |
| Metafont | is a | macro language | 0.90 | text |
| Metafont | is a | use of equations to define variables | 0.90 | text |
| the Roman text fonts in the Computer Modern family use a small pen to trace around the outline of the visual | instance of | More complex fonts | 0.80 | text |
| the following | instance of | gftopkbeta.600gfbeta.600pkThen it can be used in a LaTeX file | 0.80 | text |
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