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Mécanisme de Peaucellier #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX
https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=exemples&id=484

Animation du Mécanisme de Peaucellier avec #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX
https://fougeriens.org/~mc/?page=exemples&dir=peaucellier

This was an excellent week for boxes and glue.

* the textshape Text shaper is now usable and passes almost all harfbuzz tests (still working on the last ones)
* mpgo - a Go MetaPost code is now pretty much feature complete (an bug free, of course)
* hobby, a Lua frontend for mpgo works fine
* glu, a boxes and glue Lua frontend is getting more and more functionality
* boxes and glue can now render SVGs in PDF and is font aware. it uses the textshape engine to render fonts in SVG.
* Merged some pull requests for textshape and boxesandglue.

https://boxesandglue.dev

#boxesandglue #PDF #SVG #MetaPost

Illustration de l’algorithme de gradient avec #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX
https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=exemples&id=482

Gavin Polhemus published a new ConTeXt module to include a globe, centered on some geo coordinates:

https://github.com/Sophias-Compass/Luageo

https://modules.contextgarden.net/luageo

There’s a manual in doc/…

With the next ConTeXt update, it will be installable with mtxrun.

#ConTeXt #MetaPost

Greyscale globe graphics centered on Turkey with markers for North Pole, Florence, Alexandria, Syene and the equator.

Courbe du dragon par @notezik d’après le live de @mickaellaunay en #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX
https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=exemples&id=480

New software in the boxes and glue universe: mpgo and hobby. mpgo is a MetaPost library (re-)written in Go and hobby is a Lua frontend which uses the library and adds a Lua layer for programming.

See https://boxesandglue.dev/hobby/, https://github.com/boxesandglue/mpgo and https://github.com/boxesandglue/hobby

#MetaPost #go #lua

Yes, I had tried #MetaPost for diagrams. The boxes package was minimally helpful but with what I had in mind, it would probably not work out well. Perhaps #tikz is worth a look someday?

Sphère de Bloch avec #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX

https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=exemples&id=479

Fresh from the workshop:
Inspired by a variable font that follows curves (https://www.futurefonts.com/hex/shop-sans), Hans & Mikael implemented a MetaFun function* that can adapt type to curves.

*) ATM “lmt_oscillated”, might change.

#TeXConTeXt #MetaPost

The word METAFUN below a hill-like curve. Each character is projected to the local curvature.

the word METAFUN on top of a hill-like curve, adapted to the curvature

Un ensemble de pavages par poursuites de polygones avec #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX, reprise du live de
@mickaellaunay
sur le sujet, par
@notezik

Les triangles, carrés et hexagones sont explorés, avec ou sans couleurs.

https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=groupe&groupe=Pavages+avec+des+poursuites+de+polygones

Un arbre de Pythagore avec #MetaPost par @notezik d'après le live et le code de @mickaellaunay #TeXLaTeX
https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=exemples&id=466

Como o GDiscovery se saiu na última grande atualização do Google #metapost

https://googlediscovery.com/2025/07/17/como-o-gdiscovery-se-saiu-na-ultima-grande-atualizacao-do-google-metapost/

Federated!

You can now follow this site in the Fediverse.

https://www.ideepix.nl/projects/news/federated/

I couldn't figure out #Luuse 's #Plancton font editor for a second, so I wrote my own little very shabby script to generate a set of #SVG from #MetaPost files and show them in an HTML document. I just haven't figured out the 'making it into a font' part yet.

Screenshot of the contents of a Metapost script to create glyphs next to a generated html file displaying them with their measurements

Un peu de géométrie plane avec #MetaPost et le package mp-geom2d #TeXLaTeX :
https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=package&package=mp-geom2d

Various Things in MetaPost (2019)
https://habr.com/en/articles/454376/
#ycombinator #metapost #tex #illustrations

Various Things in MetaPost (2019)

https://habr.com/en/articles/454376/

#HackerNews #MetaPost #MetaPost2019 #Habr #Articles #Programming

Petite illustration #mathématique suite à la vidéo de @mickaellaunay sur l'inversion avec #MetaPost #TeXLaTeX
https://metapost.gutenberg-asso.fr/?page=exemples&id=446

Partly because of our #MetaPost workshop of next week at #AutomaticType #anrt @ANRT https://automatic-type-design.anrt-nancy.fr with @Ludi @eugbidaut @AntoineGelgon I'm reading an old brochure on (the always incredibly rich) archive.org about the "#Compugraphic Modular Composition System"
https://ia801000.us.archive.org/29/items/bitsavers_compugraphphicModularCompositionSystemBrochure_14979239/Compugraphic_Modular_Composition_System_Brochure_text.pdf
#photocomposition #typography
(lot of text in the alt of pictures)
According to the Compugraphic page on wikipedia "Following the success of the EditWriter, Compugraphic introduced [somewhere in the 70's] the Modular Composition System, known as the "MCS". The entire system was modular, including the software, which was delivered on 5" floppy disks. As the product matured, a "#WYSIWYG" (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) display was added (the PreView) so that a user could see a "soft" view of a job before it was typeset. This was followed up by the PowerView whereby the user worked directly on a "WYSIWYG" display. The MCS was a huge success, and also marked a change in technology from 8bit to 16bit (Intel 8086) cpu hardware."

Part of the document showing a slab serif "a" in a font editor (probably Ikarus) on a CRT screen, on a yellow column, the subtitle "Typographic Development" in dark red Frutiger Italic (probably) and the text in Garamond Condensed "Compugraphic sets the world standard in the design and development of typefaces. The Compugraphic library of more than 1,500 typefaces is the industry's largest and most comprehensive. The company's highly skilled design staff adds more typefaces every year, enabling its customers to take full advantage of today's sophisticated typographic developments. Contact your Compugraphic sales representative today for more information about the Modular Composition Systems and the company customer support that has made these typesetting systems the most popular in the world."

Upper part of the cover with on a black background vertical blue lines finishing red on the right side, and between each line in green small caps in Frutiger Italic reading "Modular Composition System"

Spread with a photograph of the studio reconstitution of the corner of an office with the photocomposer n the middle, and two women workers with hair in pure eighties fashion, one reading proofs and another on a screen. The text is untitled "The Start-Up Systems" and says "Among the thousands of MCS users worldwide are those whose typesetting operations are in the start-up phase. These Compugraphic customers fre-# 21/1 quently have one or two operators and hence require an MCS 5 or MCS 10 441. input system driving an MCS 8200 or MCS 8400 typesetter. The interactive PowerView system is also ideal for this environment. Users who anticipate substantial growth may select an MCS 10 system, linked to an MCS 8400 digital typesetter. The MCS 10 gives them the option of an additional workstation and the flexibility to add more workstations and options. The MCS 8400 gives the user all the benefits of digital type technology—special typographic effects and extensive online font storage capability—at very low cost. If your business requires a low-priced, entry level system with the capacity to grow and accommodate sophisticated Compugraphic options, ask your Compugraphic representative to outline an MCS for your applications."

$Part of a page with photo of a computer system and on the vertical screen a zoom on a promotional media with blocks of ads with various sizes of text reading "* \ \biers= SCBAALL ADD IT 2 .407 n-.....-ALL UP. gigues C-7.: vc)Rt VALUES • MORE SAVINGS • • • :47:7.74Z.S."14 • 7 NM PACK WHOLE Q! CHICKENSCOCSIRLI • ua.STE/ t FAN %HORS SHANK FRESH Fi s_s_rALI._.t " and the cropped brochure text says "The MCS 5 Input System - The MCS 5 is a desktop, state-of-the-art input system that can be used either as an online workstation to power an MCS typesetter or as a remote ter-minal for an MCS 10, MCS 100, or PowerView. The MCS 10 Input System - The MCS 10 input system is the ideal choice for those who antici-pate significant expansion into the broad range of MCS options. By increasing the memory of this input system you can expand your capacity to two workstations sharing the same database. The MCS 100 Input System - This input system is the most powerful in the MCS family. Expanding the basic capabilities [...] system from any workstation, and the MCS 100 can perform most functions faster than any other input system in the MCS product line. This system's 100-foot cables allow you to position [...] The MCS PowerView 10 Terminal - With its interactive, what-you-see-is-what-you-get screen, this latest addition to the MCS line of input systems lets you see coded text"$

#MetaPost

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