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METAFONT

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METAFONT - A system for the design of raster-based alphabets by Donald Knuth. A companion to TeX.

["The METAFONT Book," Donald Knuth, A-W 1986. Version 2.0, March 1990].


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The two other finalists for the award were: Donald Knuth for his TeX and METAFONT systems, which developed a new paradigm for typesetting and for his technique of literate programming; and John Gilmore for his work with Cygnus Solutions, the first company dedicated to supporting free software, as well as for his continued championship of the Free Software movement.
 
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