tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (09/14/89)
Now that the archive server message got posted, I had to get my act in gear and get the archive setup finished. Thanks go to G.L. Sicherman and Richard Sexton for their help. Anyway, there are lots of LaserJet fonts there; feel free to browse around... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction to the mims-iris font archive ------------------------------------------ 129.97.129.116 The mims-iris font archive is intended to provide access to soft fonts for laser printers. The emphasis of the archive is on the Hewlett- Packard LaserJet printers, but some fonts are also provided for other laser printers and VGA displays on PC-compatible systems. ARCHIVE STRUCTURE You can find fonts in the following subdirectories: fonts/lj LaserJet fonts fonts/ps PostScript fonts fonts/qms QMS fonts fonts/vga VGA screen fonts fonts/util Font manipulation utilities Each directory contains a file, INDEX, which describes each file in the said directory. All files are in binary mode, and have been compressed with compress(1) using a 14-bit maximum (to provide PC compatability). Some utilities have been compressed with either zoo or arc. NEW FONTS The font archive is continuously being updated. Retrieve either the ls-lR file in the root directory or the INDEX file in the appropriate sub- directory to check for new submissions. FONTS WANTED To make the archive useful for everybody, please submit any public domain or freely distributable fonts that you have. Also, if you use a font editor or another utility to create additional sizes and/or styles of existing fonts, do submit them! (Of course for good results any automatic size or style changes should be hand-tuned in a font editor). Also, font utilities are highly desired. The archive contains the QuickFont font editor, but another, more capable, font editor is badly desired. If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the utilities, please send them to tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu. NEW SUBMISSIONS If you wish to submit fonts or tools, place them in directory new New submissions to the archive and include a note (or a .doc file) explaining the contents of the submission. PROBLEMS I have attempted to make sure that all fonts will download correctly and print on the LaserJet II. If you are unable to get a font working, drop me a note. However, first, make sure that: - You set 'binary' on in ftp - You make the transfer (if any) to your PC/Mac in binary mode If you're unsure whether the second one worked, transfer the file back to UN*X from your PC and use cmp(1) to check whether the file is still intact. The LaserJet fonts are compatible with the following printers HP LaserJet + HP LaserJet 500 HP LaserJet II HP LaserJet IID ... and 100% compatibles! MORE INFORMATION If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please mail them to: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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 Amount taken in the average bank robbery in Canada in 1988: $ 4,000 In the average computer fraud in the same period: $ 42,000 -Report on Business Magazine, Sept/89