Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA (10/26/84)
From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA> Return-Path: <vortex!lauren@rand-unix> Received: FROM RAND-UNIX.ARPA BY USC-ISIB.ARPA WITH TCP ; 21 Oct 84 00:28:49 PDT Received: from vortex.UUCP by rand-unix.ARPA; Sun, 21 Oct 84 00:08:44 pdt Date: Sun, 21-Oct-84 00:04:31 PDT From: Lauren Weinstein <vortex!lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA> Subject: Fancy Font Message-Id: <8410210004.688.0.VT3.4@vortex.UUCP> To: INFO-IBMPC@ISIB Is superb. Definitely well worth its price. --Lauren-- -------
Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA (10/26/84)
From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB.ARPA> Date: Tue 23 Oct 84 20:44:39-PDT From: PACIFIC <PACIFIC@USC-ECL.ARPA> Subject: Fancy Font To: info-ibmpc@USC-ISIB.ARPA Fancy Font is available from SoftCraft, although SoftCraft is now in Wisconsin and no longer in Los Angeles. The Fancy Font package includes many fonts and the standard package does include two programs that allow you to create your own fonts or characters. One program creates fonts from the Hershey database of characters (from the NBS) and the other program lets you create the actual bitmaps for arbitrary characters. The resolution of the final output depends on the printer. Epson FX andd RX get 216x240 dpi and Toshiba 1350 and Epson LQ-1500 get 180x180. Epson MX is 216x120. There are a couple of ways to format text. The most flexible is to use the formatter that comes with the system. You can prepare a text file with any text editor and use Nroff-like formatting commands (sans macros) to tailor the output. Features like kerning and automatic ligature formation are just now available. The other way to format is to use Microsoft Word or Wordstar to prepare a formatted document and then use one of the translation utilities to convert to Fancy Font format and print. Microsoft Word is by far the most flexible of these alternatives. Additional fonts ranging in size from 6pt. to 72pt. are available as options. Look in Byte or PC Magazine for more details. Bill Overman ------- -------