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From: Helge Blischke <h.blischke@acm.org>
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Subject: Re: Modeling the NYT T
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Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:13:46 +0100
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phiroc@free.fr wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to model the T in the New York Times
> (http://www.nytimes.com/) logo using CAD software.
> 
> I am thinking of using Postscript to generate the letter in 2D, and then
> extrude it.
> 
> Any suggestions as to how I could model the T's curly horizontal bar in
> Postscript, as accurately as possible?
> 
> Many thanks.
> 
> rp

Use a font editor like FontForge to import a bitmap repesentation and then
construct the outlines using the font editor's toolbox.

Helge