Looking for a METAFONT (pseudo-)Helvetica

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From: winton
Date: Thu, 21 May 1987 10:59

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Hello. I'm looking for a METAFONT description of a pseudo-Helvetica font.
(No, the CMSS family won't do, they don't have the same feel at all). Does
anyone have sources that they would be willing to share? I realise that
`Helvetica' itself is a name owned by Haas (I believe) and I'm sure that
a Helvetica for use with TeX is probably commercially available but I would
like to obtain a METAFONT description both from the point of view that we
use Helvetica a lot and I also that I would like to `tweak' things a little.
I have started work on a METAFONT description myself, but I'm not sure I have
either the time or the skill to produce an acceptable result (and I take
Donald Knuth's admonition not to produce a quick-and-dirty, second-rate
font to heart!).

	Thanks,
		Neil

------ Who, What, Where? ------------------------------------------------------
     Neil Winton 				  (NWinton@axion.bt.co.uk)
     British Telecom Research Labs., Martlesham Heath, IPSWICH IP5 7RE, UK
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Subject: Looking for a METAFONT (pseudo-)Helvetica
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