CLDLV@NASAGISS.bitnet (Dimitri Vulis) (12/10/87)
I have the following question/request/query:
I have come across a _part_ of a 60-page document entitled:
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Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Operating Note 74 May 1976
FIND a FONT
Les Earnest
Abstract: Typefaces currently available for the Xerox Graphics Printer
are presented herein, warts and all. Procedures for creating, modifying
and stealing fonts are discussed.
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The person who left the document here is no longer around.
The document lists a number of very cute fonts, e.g. Boecklin,
Chess pieces, Tengvar (Tolkien), etc. The samples look very nice.
One section describes the file format (similar to TeX PXL). Another
section supposedly described the way to get the files thru FTP,
but this particular section is missing.
I would like to try and use these fonts on our SunWriter (a PostScript
device). If I succeed, I'll share them with others. The problem is to
get those fonts.
Now, I might spend some money and order this note from Stanford.
However, the information is very likely obsolete after 12 years, and
also I cannot FTP, being a pariah BITNET user.
I would very much appreciate if someone (probably from Stanford) would
1) tell me if these fonts are still around and 2) send some
of them to me UUEncoded via mail, if it's not too much trouble.
In fact, any info at all will be appreciated.
Dimitri Vulis
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As the author of the ancient note called "Find a Font," I can report that
all the XGP fonts are still alive and well at Stanford, but they are not
very useful for modern printers. These fonts were designed for 200 dot/
inch printers. When used with 300 dpi printers, all but the largest
sizes print too small.
An additional barrier to their use in other systems is that XGP font
files are binary and use 36 bit words. I know of no practical way to
transport such files other than FTP or dump to tape for another 36 bit
machine. (Incidentally, the reason for the similarity between XGP font
format and TeX PXL format is that the latter is a descendent of the former.)
Les Earnest, Stanford University
Arpanet: Les@Sail.Stanford.EDU
UUCP: . . . DECWRL!Sail.Stanford.EDU!Les
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