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1.1     ! maekawa     1: METAFONT Terminal Driver for gnuplot (mf.trm):
        !             2: ----------------------------------------------
        !             3:
        !             4: The METAFONT terminal driver creates a input file to the METAFONT program.
        !             5: Thus a figure may be used in the TeX document in the same way as a
        !             6: character is.
        !             7:
        !             8: To use the plot in a document the METAFONT program must be run
        !             9: with the output file from gnuplot as input. Thus, the user needs a basic
        !            10: knowledge of the font creating prosess and inclusion of a new font in a
        !            11: document. However, if the METAFONT program are set up properly at the
        !            12: local site an unexperienced user could perform the operation without
        !            13: much trouble.
        !            14:
        !            15: The text support is based on a METAFONT character set.
        !            16: Currently the Computer Modern Roman font set is input but the
        !            17: user are in principal free to chose whatever fonts he/she needs.
        !            18: The METAFONT source files for the chosen font must be available.
        !            19: Each character is stored in a separate picture variable in METAFONT. These
        !            20: variables may be manipulated (rotated, scaled etc.) when characters are
        !            21: needed. The drawback is the interpretation time in the METAFONT
        !            22: program. On some machines (i.e. PC) the limited amount of memory available
        !            23: may also cause problem if too many pictures are stored.
        !            24:
        !            25: To use the METAFONT terminal driver:
        !            26: ------------------------------------
        !            27: 1) In gnuplot use:   set terminal mf
        !            28:                      set output "myfile.mf"
        !            29:                           .
        !            30:                           .
        !            31:                           .
        !            32:                      plot ....
        !            33:                      exit
        !            34:
        !            35:
        !            36: 2) Run METAFONT. Syntax is site dependant:
        !            37:
        !            38:    On my UNIX I use:   cmmf '\mode=localfont; \mag=1;' input myfile.mf
        !            39:    On my PC I use:     mf286 &cm \mode=localfont; \mag=1; input myfile.mf
        !            40:
        !            41:    Be aware that METAFONT can only handle number less than 4096. Thus if you
        !            42:
        !            43:    have very high resolution in your localfont and a large picture you will
        !            44:    probably get an error message when running METAFONT. To solve the
        !            45: problem,
        !            46:    reduce the resolution or the plot size.
        !            47:
        !            48: 3) Run GfToPk, syntax is
        !            49:
        !            50:    on my UNIX:   gftpk myfile.xxxgf myfile.pk
        !            51:    on my PC:     gftpk myfile.xxx myfile.pk
        !            52:
        !            53:    where xxx is the resolution (typically 300).
        !            54:
        !            55: 4) Copy the files myfile.pk and myfile.tfm to a place where you are sure TeX
        !            56:    and the dvi processing programs you use  can find them. (They can
        !            57: probably
        !            58:    be located in your current working directory)
        !            59:
        !            60: 5) Include in your TeX document the following statement:
        !            61:
        !            62:       \font\myfont=myfile  % Declares the new font you just have made
        !            63:       {\myfont\char0}      % Typeset character with code zero which
        !            64:                            % MF.TRM uses as default character
        !            65:
        !            66: Paal Hedne
        !            67: SINTEF Multiphase Laboratory
        !            68: N-7034 Trondheim
        !            69: Norway
        !            70:
        !            71: Tel.: -47-7-591060
        !            72: E.mail: Pal.Hedne@termo.unit.no