Suggestions for METAFONT

The following packages have something in common with the package Metafont. The packages are ordered in decreasing similarity.

• Package mfbook: The source of The METAFONTbook
• Package texware: Basic utility programs for use with TeX
• Package mfware: Supporting tools for METAFONT: gftodvi, gftopk, gftype, mft
• Package vfware: Tools for virtual font metrics
• Package knuth-lib: Core TeX and METAFONT sources from Knuth
• Package tex: A sophisticated typesetting engine
• Package web: The original literate programming system
• Package knuth-dist: The current state of Knuth’s contributions
• Package knuth-errata: Knuth’s published errata
• Package weave: Generate TeX source from web
• Package tangle: Generate compilable source from web
• Package dvitype: Type out the content of a DVI file as human-readable text
• Package texbook: The source of The TeXbook
• Package gen: Genealogy symbols
• Package t1subset: A C++ library for subsetting PostScript Type 1 fonts
• Package vfcomb: VF author support
• Package knuth-local: Knuth’s local information
• Package knuth-base: The current state of Knuth’s contributions
• Package ega2mf: Generate METAFONT code for EGA screen fonts
• Package mftrace: Convert METAFONT fonts to Adobe Type 1
• Package tex--xet: Bidirectional extension of TeX
• Package knuth-letter: Knuth’s example letter macros
• Package colordvi: Simple colour use in Plain TeX
• Package picmac: A picture mode in Plain TeX
• Package fontsampler: Samples of fonts that come with TeX Live
• Package modes: A collection of METAFONT mode_def’s
• Package poorman: Raster Chinese and Japanese fonts
• Package vf-knuth: Knuth on virtual fonts
• Package accents-cs: Create a VF for the accents used in Czech/Slovak
• Package genfam: Run METAFONT to produce the bitmap fonts
• Package mf2pt1: Convert stylized METAFONT to PostScript Type 1