in reply to Draw Font Outline

I am no graphic artist or font-guru, but a quick search on CPAN turned up: Font::TTF which seems to allow one to "hack" the TTF-type of fonts. Perhaps you can use this as a starting point?

CountZero

A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James

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