-% we set the designsize arbitrarily at 10
-
-design_size := 10;
-
-fet_beginfont("feta-braces-" &char(97 + font_count), design_size);
+% we must let the design increase for each
+% font to make sure that mftrace doesn't jack up the resolution too highly
+% for the longer braces.
+fet_beginfont ("feta-braces-" & char (97 + font_count), (font_count + 1) * 15,
+ "fetaBraces");