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The accfonts package contains two utilities to permit easy
manipulation of fonts, in particular the creation of unusual
accented characters. Mkt1font works on Type 1 PostScript fonts,
and vpl2vpl works on TeX virtual fonts. Both programs read in a
font, together with a simple definition file containing lines
such as "128 z acute"; they then write out a new version of the
font with the requested new characters in the numerical slots
specified. Great care is taken over the positioning of accents,
and over the provision of kerning information for new
characters; mkt1font also generates suitable "hints" to enhance
quality at small sizes or poor resolutions. The programs are
written in Perl.
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