MF(1) General Commands Manual MF(1) (NAME) mf, inimf, mf-nowin - Metafont (SYNOPSIS) mf [options] [&base] [ file [ more-input ] | [ \more-input ] (DESCRIPTION) Metafont gf ( generic font) tfm ( TeX TeX font metric) . Metafont The Metafontbook . Metafont . : mf '\mode=printengine; [mag=magstep(n);]' input font font.mf Metafont . mf TeX mode mf ( ) . Metafont TeX mode . (single quote) () . mf <<**>> mf . Metafont batchmode ( ) . <<.mf>> (override) . font <> . Metafont mfput . jobname.log . jobname.tfm ( ) jobname.gf ( ) () . TeX Metafont TeX ( ) mktextfm(1) ( ) . Metafont Metafont ( ) Metafont . Metafont (bitmap) ( ) Metafont () . ( TeX Metafont .) (outline fonts) pdf ( ) TeX ( ) . Metafont Metafont ( autotrace(1)) . MetaPost (mpost(1)) PostScript . Metafont MetaPost . (Richard Kinch) : MetaFog: Converting Metafont shapes to contours, TUGboat 16:3, https://tug.org/TUGboat/tb16-3/tb48kinc.pdf). tfm Metafont ( ) (kerns) . . OpenType TrueType ( ) TeX Metafont . ( TeX . TUGboat : https://tug.org/TUGboat/Contents/listkeyword.html#CatTAGMultilingualDocumentProcessing.) gf () tfm ( ) Metafont . ( ) mode printengine ( ljfour) localfont . Metafont proof . proof .2602gf ( ) . gf proof gftodvi(1) . proof The Metafontbook H ( Hardcopy Proofs) Computer Modern Computer Modern Typefaces ( E Computers & Typesetting) . mode_def . modes.mf (https://ctan.org/pkg/modes) TeX Live ( ) localfont ljfour ( HP LaserJet) . . modes.mf : pdf ( dpdfezzz ) 8000 dpi ( ). supre 2400 ultre 1200 . The Metafontbook ( ) . (Magsteps) magsteps TeX n 0.5 1 2 3 4 5 . magstep 1.315 . . (.base) TeX Metafont <> () plain Metafont . Metafont TeX Live ( Web2C) TeX . inimf virmf plain.base base . tex(1) . mf-nowin Metafont mf.base . (Error handling).PP tex(1) Metafont . MFEDIT . TeX Metafont . Metafont . 23 The Metafontbook . Metafont . MFTERM MFTERM DISPLAY Metafont X . (DISPLAY X .) MFTERM DISPLAY TERM . . MFTERM TERM https://tug.org/texinfohtml/web2c.html#Online- Metafont-graphics . TeX Live . Kpathsea screen_width screen_depth Metafont . Kpathsea (https://tug.org/texinfohtml/kpathsea.html#Path-sources) . 1664 1200 . TeX Live Metafont : mf mf-nowin. mf mf-nowin . mf-nowin mktexpk(1) . (OPTIONS) ( TeX) tex(1) . Metafont -base -format TeX . (ENVIRONMENT) tex(1) . . . TEXMFOUTPUT Metafont . MFINPUTS input. MFEDIT . MFTERM . . screen_width, screen_depth . (FONT UTILITIES) Metafont : gftopk gf pk . gftodvi (proof sheets) . gftype gf / . pktype pk . mft Computer Modern Typefaces . $TEXMFMAIN/metafont/base/plain.mf . $TEXMFMAIN/metafont/misc/modes.mf mode_def . https://ctan.org/pkg/modes . *.base Metafont. mf.pool Metafont. (BUGS) Knuth Metafont . : https://tug.org/texmfbug (HEALTH WARNING) The Metafontbook: << . .>> (SEE ALSO) gftopk(1), gftodvi(1), gftype(1), mft(1), pktogf(1), pltotf(1), tftopl(1). mktexmf(1), mktexpk(1), mktextfm(1). mpost(1), tex(1). Donald E. Knuth, The Metafontbook ( C Computers & Typesetting). Donald E. Knuth, Metafont: The Program ( D Computers & Typesetting). Donald E. Knuth, Computer Modern Typefaces ( E Computers & Typesetting). : Metafont Geoffrey Tobin: https://ctan.org/pkg/metafont-beginners Metafont ( Computer Modern ): https://ctan.org/topic/font-mf TeX Live: https://tug.org/texlive Texinfo Web2C: https://tug.org/web2c Texinfo Kpathsea: https://tug.org/kpathsea TeX pdf: https://ctan.org/pkg/knuth-pdf TUGboat ( TeX ): https://tug.org/TUGboat Fonts: https://tug.org/TUGboat/Contents/listkeyword.html#CatTAGFonts Metafont Donald E. Knuth WEB Pascal . Paul Richards University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Unix . TeX Live TeX Unix Web2C Tomas Rokicki Tim Morgan . Pierre MacKay . Metafont ( ): https://tug.org/texmfbug : https://lists.tug.org/tex-k Metafont ( TeX): https://lists.tug.org/texhax Web2C 2026 15 January 2026 MF(1)