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+## MSX Font
+
+This code will build two MSX fonts in TrueType & WOFF formats, based on a PNG
+of all the characters.
+
+It depends on:
+
+ * GraphicsMagick
+ * Potrace
+ * Fontforge
+ * Fontforge's Python bindings
+
+To generate the fonts just run `make`.