jg@prg.ox.ac.uk (Jeremy Gibbons) (02/15/91)
I tried fetching the wasy fonts from LISTSERV@DHDURZ1. They come as a Zoo- and
UU-encoded archive. This uudecoded without problems, but wouldn't unzoo (zoo l
marked one of the files, wasy6.mf, as possibly corrupted; when I extracted the
files they all came out with CRC errors, and zoo hung on trying to extract
wasy6.mf. The files with CRC errors came out scrambled but almost legible--
wrong characters, transposed characters, bits missing etc. I suspect I am the
victim of some mailer translation somwehere.)
Would some kind soul who has successfully fetched these fonts send me a copy?
I promise to send them off them to the Aston archive! Don't send them straight
away--write and let me know they're coming, so I can make sure that I only get
one copy.
Thanks.
Jeremy
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*-----------------------------------------------------------------------*dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (02/19/91)
In article <JG.91Feb15154740@msc11.prg.ox.ac.uk>, jg@prg.ox.ac.uk (Jeremy Gibbons) writes: > I tried fetching the wasy fonts from LISTSERV@DHDURZ1. They come as a Zoo- and > UU-encoded archive. This uudecoded without problems, but wouldn't unzoo (zoo l > marked one of the files, wasy6.mf, as possibly corrupted; when I extracted the > files they all came out with CRC errors, and zoo hung on trying to extract > wasy6.mf. The files with CRC errors came out scrambled but almost legible-- > wrong characters, transposed characters, bits missing etc. I suspect I am the > victim of some mailer translation somwehere.) > Would some kind soul who has successfully fetched these fonts send me a copy? > I promise to send them off them to the Aston archive! Don't send them straight > away--write and let me know they're coming, so I can make sure that I only get > one copy. These files are available from the Aston archive in the UK (I forget where, but I remember seeing them). In general, you want to get files from as close to home as possible. if you're on JANET and you want some TeX-related item, check Aston first. If you're on Bitnet in Europe, check listserv@dhdurz1, internet in Europe, check praxis.cs.ruu.nl, internet in the US, ymir.claremont.edu Bitnet in the US, fileserv@shsu. *Then* start looking elsewhere. Both ymir and Aston religiously track down new TeX items and put them in their archives (and I suspect the Dutch site does as well) so just because they aren't listed as a site for obtaining a file doesn't mean that it's not there (I have nearly everything in the TeX resource list, for example). -dh --- Don Hosek To retrieve files from ymir via the | dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu mailserver, send a message to | Quixote TeX Consulting mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu with a | 714-625-0147 line saying send [DIRECTORY]FILENAME where DIRECTORY is the FTP directory (sans "anonymous") and FILENAME is the filename, e.g. "send [tex]00readme.txt". There is a list of files in each directory under the name 00files.txt Binary files are not available by this technique.
rsm@math.arizona.edu (Robert S. Maier) (02/19/91)
>I tried fetching the wasy fonts from LISTSERV@DHDURZ1. > [Sad story deleted...] Anyone who wants the MetaFont source for the wasy (Waldi symbol) font can ftp it from coral.math.arizona.edu (128.196.224.6). For the next few days at least, it'll be in ~ftp/pub/wasy. It contains standard astronomical signs for all the planets (\mercury, \venus, \mars etc.), \smiley, \frownie, musical notes, an octagon, and various other goodies. -- Robert S. Maier | Internet: rsm@math.arizona.edu, rsm@cs.arizona.edu Dept. of Math. | UUCP: uunet!arizona!amethyst!rsm Univ. of Arizona | Bitnet: maier@arizrvax Tucson, AZ 85721 | FAX: +1 602 621 8322 U.S.A. | Voice(POTS): +1 602 621 6893 / +1 602 621 2617