[fa.laser-lovers] Additional QMS fonts ?

laser-lovers@uw-beaver (01/14/85)

From: allegra!cmcl2!rna!dan@uw-beaver.arpa (Dan Ts'o)

Hi,
	Has anyone tried fonts from QMS other than those supplied with
the TROFF package ? Any to recommend ? Do they work well with TROFF ?
	One particular interest of ours is a font for DIABLO emulation
in 12 pitch. The supplied typewriter font is only reasonable for 10 pitch
(I believe it is called Q-merican Typewriter). QMS can probably supply
this same font in 12 pitch (how does this correspond to point size), but
how about Courier 12 ?
	We would also like this font (or perhaps another) to be used with
the TROFF CW (constant width) facilities such as used in Kernighan/Ritchie's
"The C Programming Language". We have figured out how to use the ROM fonts
with TROFF.
	Also, others have mentioned Talaris fonts. Are they worth considering ?
	Anyone yet adapted public domain fonts for the QMS 1200 ?

	Finally, has anyone tried the QMS DITROFF package ? Does it work well ?
Are there other DITROFF filters for the QMS available ?
	Thanks.

					Cheers,
					Dan Ts'o
					Dept. Neurobiology
					Rockefeller Univ.
					1230 York Ave.
					NY, NY 10021
					212-570-7671
					...cmcl2!rna!dan
P.S.
	We have (more or less) integrated QTROFF, plot(5), GPS, diablo mode
and lineprinter modes for the QMS 1200 into the 4.2BSD lpr printer spooler,
if anyone is interested.