jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) (02/26/90)
I am writing an application in which I need to generate high-quality
font glyphs at arbitrary sizes and raster resolutions. Since this is
an interactive application, Cons'ing up a mode_def and spawning METAFONT
to generate the font is not an option.
Does anyone license outline or vector fonts and the routines needed
to rasterize them?
Thanks a lot,
--jtc
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J.T. Conklin
...!{uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!jtc, jtc@wimsey.bc.cawoody@rpp386.cactus.org (Woodrow Baker) (02/26/90)
In article <203@van-bc.UUCP>, jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) writes: > I am writing an application in which I need to generate high-quality > font glyphs at arbitrary sizes and raster resolutions. Since this is > an interactive application, Cons'ing up a mode_def and spawning METAFONT > to generate the font is not an option. > > Does anyone license outline or vector fonts and the routines needed > to rasterize them? Not without an exhorbant fee. However, the Hershey fonts might help, tough to get good hi-resolution though. There is a german company that has a scalable font technologi called ikarus. Bit stream might be your best bet, as they have a PC based outline font package that allows the creation of bitmapped fonts in arbitrary sizes for the HPlaserjet. Cheers Woody a > > Thanks a lot, > > --jtc > -- > J.T. Conklin > ...!{uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!jtc, jtc@wimsey.bc.ca
crespo@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Ivan Crespo) (02/28/90)
> / hpvcfs1:comp.fonts / jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) / 3:59 pm Feb 25, 1990 / > I am writing an application in which I need to generate high-quality > font glyphs at arbitrary sizes and raster resolutions. Since this is > an interactive application, Cons'ing up a mode_def and spawning METAFONT > to generate the font is not an option. > > Does anyone license outline or vector fonts and the routines needed > to rasterize them? > > Thanks a lot, > > --jtc You might want to try Compugraphic Corp's Intellifont, their scalable font system is very good and I think its free (they charge you for the outlines) their address is: Compugraphic Corp. 200 Ballardvale St. Wilminton, MA 01887 Tel. (508) 658-5600 I. -- crespo%hpvcfs1@hplabs.hp.com
mkant@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Mark Kantrowitz) (02/28/90)
In article <203@van-bc.UUCP>, jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) writes: > I am writing an application in which I need to generate high-quality > font glyphs at arbitrary sizes and raster resolutions. Since this is > an interactive application, Cons'ing up a mode_def and spawning METAFONT > to generate the font is not an option. > > Does anyone license outline or vector fonts and the routines needed > to rasterize them? The cost of licensing fonts and so-called "hinting" technology is pretty steep. If you are creating bitmaps at resolutions greater than 24 lines to the em-square, I think you'll find naive scan-conversion to be usable. It all depends on what you'd be using the fonts for. --mkant
tut%cairo@Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) (03/01/90)
In article <203@van-bc.UUCP>, jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) writes: > I am writing an application in which I need to generate high-quality > font glyphs at arbitrary sizes and raster resolutions. Since this is > an interactive application, Cons'ing up a mode_def and spawning METAFONT > to generate the font is not an option. Why don't you write the application under NeWS, Display PostScript, or X11/NeWS? I wouldn't exactly say all three are readily available, but one of three *IS* available on hardware from (in alphabetic order) DEC, NeXT, SGI, and Sun. This "cons'ing up a mode_def" bit wouldn't indicate you have a Symbolics workstation, would it? Bill
jtc@van-bc.UUCP (J.T. Conklin) (03/01/90)
In article <132346@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> tut%cairo@Sun.COM (Bill "Bill" Tuthill) writes: >Why don't you write the application under NeWS, Display PostScript, >or X11/NeWS? I wouldn't exactly say all three are readily available, >but one of three *IS* available on hardware from (in alphabetic order) >DEC, NeXT, SGI, and Sun. This "cons'ing up a mode_def" bit wouldn't >indicate you have a Symbolics workstation, would it? The application in question is intended for commercial distribution for a variety of platforms -- Some without News, Display Postscript, or X11/NeWS. Cheap commodity '386's are of particular importance. No, I don't work on a Symbolics; but I'm a lisp hacker at heart and sometimes lisp terminology slips in inadvertantly. --jtc -- J.T. Conklin ...!{uunet,ubc-cs}!van-bc!jtc, jtc@wimsey.bc.ca