-$(outdir)/%.pfa: %.mf
-# urg
-# i've got no idea what this scaling could be for, on both sides...
-# it seems that 'low_res', which should be all we ever need according
-# to the metapost mfplain guru, really does 200dpi, iso 600dpi (minimun)
- -$(METAPOST) "&mfplain \mode=lowres; \mag=100.0; batchmode; input $<"
-# -$(METAPOST) "&mfmp \mode=ljfour; \mag=100.0; batchmode; input $<"
- $(PYTHON) $(depth)/$(buildscripts)/ps-to-pfa.py $<
+$(outdir)/%.0: %.mf mfplain.mem
+ -$(METAPOST) "&mfplain \mode=lowres; \mag=1.0; nonstopmode; input $<"
+
+MFPLAIN_MP=/usr/share/texmf/metapost/base/mfplain.mp
+mfplain.mem: $(MFPLAIN_MP)
+ $(INIMETAPOST) -interaction=nonstopmode $(MFPLAIN_MP) dump
+
+
+$(outdir)/%.pfa: $(outdir)/%.0
+ $(PYTHON) $(depth)/buildscripts/ps-to-pfa.py --output $(basename $<).pfa $<
rm -f $(basename $(@F)).[0-9]*
rm -f $(basename $<).log $(basename $<).tfm