tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (12/22/89)
[This is a re-re-repost; Pnews doesn't appear to like me today. :( ]
The mims-iris Font Archive
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[if you've seen it already, check out the list of new submissions at the end]
SUMMARY:
The mims-iris font archive is a publicly accessible location for fonts;
it is primarily oriented towards LaserJet fonts, although it does have
some others as well (PostScript and VGA). The archive contains currently
some 7.5 MB of fonts and font utilities, compressed with either compress(1)
or PKZIP. All of the fonts and utilities are, to the best of my knowledge,
freely distributable, although some are shareware.
ACCESS:
To access the archive via ftp, use the ftp program to connect to
mims-iris.waterloo.edu (129.97.129.116); use userid 'ftp' and enter your
real userid as the password. Use binary mode to transfer all compressed
files. [Since our OS upgrade, the ftp connection is now fully functional
with no known bugs. -ed.]
To access the archive by mail, send a mail message to the userid
font-server@mims-iris.waterloo.edu with your request(s) in the message
body. You might start by sending a message 'help' or asking for the
index ('send index').
There is no anonymous uucp access available -- sorry!
ORGANIZATION:
The software is generally available in the ~/fonts directory; the
following are the most significant subdirectories:
~/fonts/300pk LaserJet fonts in .300pk format
~/fonts/300pk/hershey Hershey fonts in .300pk format
~/fonts/300pk/jetroff JetRoff fonts in .300pk format
~/fonts/tex LaserJet font TeX support files
~/fonts/tex/hershey LaserJet Hershey font TeX support files
~/fonts/tex/metafont LaserJet font TeX metafont files
~/fonts/sfp LaserJet fonts in .sfp format
~/fonts/sfp/cm The Computer Modern fonts in .sfp format
~/fonts/deskjet DeskJet fonts
~/fonts/hershey Hershey fonts
~/fonts/ps PostScript fonts
~/fonts/qms QMS fonts
~/fonts/vga VGA screen fonts
~/fonts/util Font utilities
~/fonts/util/src Font utilities source, where available
NEW SUBMISSIONS:
Computer Modern fonts in .sfp format
(6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17 point in roman, bold, italic)
qfont 1.5 font editor
(shareware; much improved over 1.3)
jetscape 1.2 portrait/landscape conversion program
(copyrighted but free)
jetwidth 1.1 width table generator
(copyrighted but free)
Garamet and Optima in .sfp
(several new sizes and styles)
wordhplj .prd print driver generator
(shareware; restrictive but functional)
djfont LaserJet to DeskJet soft font converter
(free)
Contributions are always welcome. In particular, I'm looking for font
conversion programs for just about every font format. Please mail them
to tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu or place them in the ~/new directory with
an explanatory note.
\tom haapanen
"now, you didn't really expect tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu
my views to have anything to do watmims research group
with my employer's, did you?" university of waterloo
"I don't even know what street Canada is on" -- Al Caponetom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (12/28/89)
Tom Haapanen <tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu> writes: > [...] To access the archive via ftp, use the ftp program to connect to > mims-iris.waterloo.edu (129.97.129.116); use userid 'ftp' and enter your > real userid as the password. Use binary mode to transfer all compressed > files. [Since our OS upgrade, the ftp connection is now fully functional > with no known bugs. -ed.] Well, there was still a bug in our inet daemon configuration, so the ftp daemon was refusing connections. I do believe that it is now functional; please try again if you were rejected by the archive before. \tom haapanen "now, you didn't really expect tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu my views to have anything to do watmims research group with my employer's, did you?" university of waterloo "I don't even know what street Canada is on" -- Al Capone