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Correction!

After first publishing this article, I discovered that my method worked only intermittently (although I have never been able to figure out why!). I have since devised a different method which works reliably (I think!).

This page should automatically redirect you to the new tutorial, but if it does not you can follow this link:

http://www.fontstuff.com/frontpage/fptut17.htm

You can still see the original tutorial at:
http://www.fontstuff.com/casebook/casebook03_BAK.htm