# The TeX Math Font Generator

The TeX Math Font Generator is a set of programs that take an Adobe Type 1 font and produce a set of math symbols that look compatible with that font. The program's output is immediately usable by LaTeX and TeX.

By the way, MathGen is the name of a program for designing arithmetic worksheets. It is unfortunate that I chose MathGen as the name of my program. Hence, the full name of my program is the "TeX Math Font Generator," abbreviated to MathGen as a colloquialism.

## Quick Start Guide

Here's how to create new math fonts quickly.

1. Install the following programs if they're not on your computer already:
Hopefully future releases will not depend on potrace or possibly even mftrace.
2. Get your PostScript Type 1 fonts. If you have TrueType fonts, use ttf2pt1 to convert them.
3. If you haven't already done so, use FontInst to install the text fonts.
4. Run the script `./begin.pl`, and enter the information it wants.
5. Run `./joinlibs.pl` and then `./rawparams.pl`.
6. Simultaneously run `./widthlibs.pl`, then `./rawwidths.pl`, and finally `./makewidths.pl`.
7. Finally, run `./makefonts.pl`.

Once you've done all of the above, your new math fonts should be ready to use. Say you chose "zzz" as your `output_prefix` and "output" as your `output_dir` (this is the default). Then, in the output directory, create your LaTeX document, placing the statement:
`\usepackage{mathzzz}`