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- From: jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org (Joe Morris)
- Subject: Re: Needs: True Type font format
- Message-ID: <jcmorris.714836226@mwunix>
- Keywords: True Type Font
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- Organization: The MITRE Corporation
- References: <1992Aug26.085012.554@id.dth.dk>
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 13:37:06 GMT
- Lines: 27
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- mik@id.dth.dk (Michael Kishinevsky (921231#JST)) writes:
-
- >Could anybody give an advice where to get
- >an information on formats of True Type font
- >for MS Windows 3.1. The friend of mine from
- >St.Petersburg (Russia) needs to know the content
- >of font's bytes.
-
- The information on the layout of TrueType font files is available
- in files placed by Microsoft on the uunet system where they can
- be retrieved via anonymous FTP. If memory serves, the procedure is:
-
- Open an FTP connection to ftp.uu.net and logon as "anonymous"
- cd to /vendor/microsoft/TrueType-Info
- change mode to binary (or "tenex")
- Download files ttspec*.zip (for * = {1,2,3})
-
- The files are Word for Windows documents which together generate a large
- but apparently complete description of the font files and the TT commands.
- The .ZIP files will explode to individual chapters or parts of a chapter.
-
- There are a few minor typos I've found in the text, and Microsoft has
- announced that there will be some changes to the design (for example in
- the interpretation of the license control bitswitches) but for most
- purposes it should tell you what you're after.
-
- Joe Morris / MITRE
-