[metapost] metapost tfm bug with mfplain

Karel Horák horakk at math.cas.cz
Wed Sep 2 12:20:02 CEST 2015


luigi scarso napsal(a):
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 8:03 PM, Daniel H. Luecking <luecking at uark.edu 
> <mailto:luecking at uark.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Karel:
>
>
>     Metapost and Metafont are using different resolution values.
>
>     Metafont uses the resolution of localfont, which is 600dpi on
>
>     my system. Mfplain uses an effective resolution of 3600dpi. This
>
>     produces much larger pixel values. A lower value of u# in your
>
>     file should have the same effect as reducing the resolution.
>
>
>     However, a few tests with u# = (1/6)mm# produce the same problem.
>
>     I am forced to agree that there is a bug either in mfplain.mp
>     <http://mfplain.mp> or
>
>     in metapost itself (or perhaps it is in me).
>
>>           
>
> Hopefully I will see it this weekend.
>
> -- 
> luigi
Dear Luigi,
perhaps it could help that the >last stable< version 1.212 gives correct 
metrics:-)
Karel
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