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  gFONT -- Create GIF image rendered with TeX-available Font

  <URL:http://www.engelschall.com/sw/gfont/>

  Version 1.0.0 (20-07-1997)

  The gFONT program creates a GIF image for a given ASCII string by the use of
  an arbitrary TeX-available font (Postscript or METAFONT). The used font is
  converted from TeX's PK format to gFONT's own GdF format (Gd Font) and
  rendered into the resulting GIF image by the use of its own enhanced Gd
  library.  The result is intended to be included into HTML pages with an IMG
  tag.

  Copyright (c) 1997 Ralf S. Engelschall, All rights reserved.
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  Implementation:  - ANSI C (1800 LoC), Perl 5 (150 LoC)

  Requirements:    - Unix derivate
                   - Perl 5.003 or 5.004 interpreter
                   - any TeX and Ghostscript system 
                     with METAFONT and GSFtoPK tool

  Distribution:    - freely available
                   - no charge
                   - GNU Public License (GPL)

  Status:          - Genesis: January 1997
                   - First public release: March 1997 (1.0b2)
                   - useable but some tiny features still missing
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