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Metafont

description language used to define rastertype fonts
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Metafont

Summary

Metafont is a programming language[1]. Metafont has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Metafont's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • Metafont's instance of is recorded as declarative programming language[4].
  • Metafont's instance of is recorded as font file format[5].
  • Metafont's developer is recorded as Donald Knuth[6].
  • Metafont's copyright license is recorded as permissive free software license[7].
  • Metafont's software version identifier is recorded as 2.718281[8].
  • Metafont's software version identifier is recorded as 2.7182818[9].
  • Metafont's software version identifier is recorded as 2.71828182[10].
  • Metafont is used for computer font[11].
  • Metafont's Commons category is recorded as METAFONT[12].
  • Metafont was released on 1979[13].
  • Metafont's official website is recorded as https://ctan.org/pkg/metafont[14].
  • Metafont's source code repository URL is recorded as https://svn.tug.org:8369/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/web2c/[15].
  • Metafont's name in kana is recorded as メタフォント[16].
  • Metafont's programming paradigm is recorded as declarative programming[17].
  • Metafont's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[18].
  • Metafont's stylized name is recorded as METAFONT[19].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include programming language[3], declarative programming language[4], and font file format[5].

Use and Application

Metafont is used for computer font[11].

Why It Matters

Metafont has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Metafont is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ctan.org. ctan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 20
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', '
    Gnd id → 4169557-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57392|batch #57392]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  2. 13d ago · Trivialist · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ja */ Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs; remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  3. 4w ago · MichielN · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id → METAFONT
    Wikidata description → description language used to define rastertype fonts
    Has use → computer font
    Developer → Donald Knuth
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P856]]: https://ctan.org/pkg/metafont"
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