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From alt.graphics.pixutils Sat Feb 29 21:41:00 1992
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From: jef@netcom.com (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: alt.graphics.pixutils
Subject: Re: Wanted: fonts for pbmtext?
Message-ID: <-smhjjkjef@netcom.com>
Date: 27 Feb 92 02:50:08 GMT
References: <9200155@s4mjs.UUCP> <1992Feb26.161823@yeti.crd.GE.COM>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@netcom.com>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric
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mjs@S4mjs.UUCP (M. J. Shannon Jr.):
}I need to annotate some images with text, but for the image sizes I
}have, the default font used by pbmtext is too small. I don't have X on
}my machine, but would like to get some larger point size fonts for use
}with pbmtext. Can someone help my start my search?
Good idea. Uuencoded compressed pbm file of a larger font file is appended,
and I'll include it in future releases.
davidsen@yeti.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen):
}I intend to generate a scanned font in my own handwriting someday, but
}not in the near future, I'm too busy!
That sounds way kool. Hmm, I guess you could get the alignment right
by printing the standard character grid like the man page says, putting
an acetate sheet over it, writing on the acetate, and then scanning that.
If you do that I'll certainly put that in the release too. Maybe I'll
try it myself.
I don't want to start converting 47 million fonts to pbm, but certainly
a large one and a handwritten one would be worthwhile.
---
Jef
Jef Poskanzer jef@netcom.com jef@well.sf.ca.us
"But that trick never works!" -- Rocket J. Squirrel