ichiro@codon7.berkeley.edu (08/05/89)
Someone in my office is preparing a program on a DOS machine (don't ask me why!) and he'd like to transfer the listing over to a Mac for printing on our Laserwriter. But here's the rub: the listing includes DOS High Ascii characters (i.e. graphics characters) which he's using to draw lines indicating logical connections within the program. Unfortunately, the standard Mac fonts have completely different definitions for these ascii values. I tried using Word to search and replace the special characters with the closest analogues I could find, but the results were far from spectacular. I wonder if there might be a font out there (preferably one with constant spacing, like Courier or Monaco) which has the same graphic character set as in DOS. Then I could just convert the whole document to this font and print it out...or does anyone have a better suggestion? Thanks in advance, Elliot Wilen
cleeland@rex.cs.tulane.edu (Chris Cleeland) (08/06/89)
In article <26991@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ichiro@codon7.berkeley.edu () writes: > >I wonder if there might be a font out there (preferably >one with constant spacing, like Courier or Monaco) which has the same >graphic character set as in DOS. Then I could just convert the whole >document to this font and print it out...or does anyone have a better >suggestion? > I don't know the legalities of this, moreover, I don't even know if this would work, but the latest version of zterm (0.8) has an option under the "Terminal..." item in the "Settings" menu which allows the user to use either a Macintosh/DEC character set or an IBM PC Extended character set. I would presume that a copy of the Font D/A Mover could move this font information from the zterm application into your system. The fonts just showed up in my version of Key Caps, so I don't see why Mover wouldn't be able to find them. HOWEVER, I would suggest that you do your best to contact the author of zterm to find out what he thinks of this. He may simply ask you to register ($30 at my last look) and let you go on your merry way...then again, maybe not. Either way, HE DESERVES THE COURTESY OF BEING CONTACTED SINCE YOU WILL BE BENEFITTING FROM HIS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. I hope this helps (apologies to the net if I've repeated anyone else's suggestions). -- Thanks Chris Cleeland, Tulane University ADDRESS: cleeland@rex.tulane.cs.edu Disclaimer: "I'm a student -- I can't afford to buy one!"
afoster@ogccse.ogc.edu (Allan Foster) (08/06/89)
In article <26991@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ichiro@codon7.berkeley.edu () writes: >Someone in my office is preparing a program on a DOS machine (don't ask >me why!) and he'd like to transfer the listing over to a Mac for >printing on our Laserwriter. But here's the rub: the listing includes Why don't you use one of the IBM fonts available for the mac. I have seen several different font posted on bulletin boards that are IBM look alikes. SoftPC, the PC emulator for the MAC is shipped with some IBM fonts as well. That would be the very best solution... regards Allan Foster MicroPhone II Development Team afoster@cse.ogc.edu -- Allan Foster UUCP : tektronix!ogcvax!afoster UseNet: afoster@cse.ogc.edu GEnie : A.FOSTER AppleLink : D1663 MacNet : FOSTER
roberts@sunray.UUCP (Robert Stanley) (08/08/89)
In article <26991@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ichiro@codon7.berkeley.edu () writes: >Someone in my office is preparing a program on a DOS machine (don't ask >me why!) and he'd like to transfer the listing over to a Mac for >printing on our Laserwriter. But here's the rub: the listing includes... >I wonder if there might be a font out there (preferably >one with constant spacing, like Courier or Monaco) which has the same >graphic character set as in DOS. Then I could just convert the whole >document to this font and print it out...or does anyone have a better >suggestion? There are two parts to this problem: a down-loadable PostScript font for the LaserWriter which has the IBM screen character-set correctly defined, and a Macintosh screen font which provides sufficient visual cues to enable re-formatting using a Mac word-processor. The only commercially-available PostScript font that I have been able to find was created by Michael J. Sullivan of DesignSystems: DesignSystems One Kendall Square Suite 2200 Cambridge, MA 02139 (617) 577-8128 --- changed to (617) 577-8039 I telephoned them last month, and the most recent version of the font costs (US)$69.95 for a single PostScript device licence. It also turns out to be included as part of Sun Microsystems' TOPS NetPrint package. I have used an early version of this font, and it works well, albeit quite slowly, on an Apple LaserWriter. I have also tested it on a LaserWriter Plus. The font appears as a slightly emboldened Courier, and most of the special characters work, although there are obvious problems with very small point sizes. (Disclaimer: I have absolutely no connection with DesignSystems, other than as a satisfied user of one of their products.) For a Macintosh screen font, the easiest thing is to use a tool such as Fontastic Plus to hack up a version of Courier. If all you are going to be doing is print pre-formatted extended ASCII files, all that is needed is a change of name; the DesignSystems font has the name "IBMextended". If you are going to be doing extensive re-formatting using some Macintosh word-processing tool, you will have to devote considerable attention to the metrics of each character, at least if you expect to achieve usable WYSIWYG. The IBMextended font comes as readable PostScript, so the basic information is available. Yes, IBMextended is a mono-spaced font, but it is not quite Courier; you do need to pay attention to the details. You will also need some Macintosh application to download the PostScript font to the printer, if your word-processor of choice does not support down-loadable fonts. Other posters have suggested using a Mac screen font alone, but this approach tends to yield very poor print quality on a laser printer, even when the printed point size exactly matches that of the screen font. It is, of course, the simplest solution, and one you can achieve on your own with a copy of Fontastic Plus, or other font editing tool. I have posted this rather than replying by e-mail because this problem bugged me for nearly two years, and no-one ever had any suggestions. Perhaps this will save one of you the same grief. Note, the PostScript font is the key, and also enables printing of IBM-PC-generated documents on PostScript printers without necessarily using the Mac; I used this approach to enable printing from PCs onto a LaserWriter that is served by a Sun UNIX network host. Robert_S -- Robert Stanley - Cognos Incorporated: 3755 Riverside Drive, P.O. Box 9707, Compuserve: 76174,3024 Ottawa, Ontario K1G 3Z4, CANADA uucp: uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!roberts Voice: (613)738-1338 x6115 arpa/internet: roberts%cognos.uucp@uunet.uu.net FAX: (613)738-0002
halliday@cheddar.cc.ubc.ca (Laura Halliday) (08/08/89)
In article <26991@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ichiro@codon7.berkeley.edu () writes: >Someone in my office is preparing a program on a DOS machine (don't ask >me why!) and he'd like to transfer the listing over to a Mac for >printing on our Laserwriter. But here's the rub: the listing includes >DOS High Ascii characters (i.e. graphics characters) which he's using >to draw lines indicating logical connections within the program. >Unfortunately, the standard Mac fonts have completely different >definitions for these ascii values. See if you can find the font IBMKlone. It's PD, and our documentation people swear by it. Is it in the Info-Mac archives? ...laura