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Video Terminal Screen
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Version 2 - 11/30/91 Copyright (c) 1991 E A BEHL
A Pixel-based, Monospace, IBM-PC character set, Data Terminal Screen Font.
General Description
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Video Terminal Screen was developed for lack of any available monospaced font,
commercial, share-ware, or otherwise; that resembled characters of a data
terminal or PC screen in text mode. In desperation, I took the advice of a
fellow DTP'er, picked up a copy of CorelDRAW!, and produced my own.
-- Thank you Foster Coburn III
The character set is monospaced, so that text captured from an actual data
session can be imported directly into a document with minimal touch up. It also
includes the full IBM character set (above ASCII 32) so that line and box
drawing is possible, although you may have to play around with PostScript
character mapping to access the upper 128 characters. Video Terminal Screen was
designed for use as a text font for technical documents such as software
programming manuals.
Background Information
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Video Terminal Screen is based on the "standard" 8x16 pixel character set of
EGA/VGA card character generators. Thanks to a great share-ware utility
called FONTEDIT, I didn't have to squint with a magnifying glass to design
each character. For the sake of simplicity and memory consumption, each
character is an outline of the EGA/VGA pixel pattern. Each pixel is a simple
square. Thus, each of the outlines is a straight-line affair; no fancy curve
outlines here.
Typical of monospaced fonts, Video Terminal Screen is somewhat short and
"squatty." To produce printed type at the standard 10 pitch size, (roughly 12
points, theoretically) size the font at 13.7 points.
The Adobe Type 1 version is unhinted, due to the current limitations of Corel's
WfnBoss version 2.01p. It also is short 13 more characters, namely ASCII 127,
132, 150, 151, 153-160, and 175. This is due to a quirk of Corel's standard
character set, which doesn't include these characters. Although they may exist
in the .WFN file, WfnBoss doesn't assign character names to the outlines. One
other tidbit, Corel's WfnBoss calls the character at ASCII 149 (IBM-PC's ograve
character) "fraction" whereas Adobe uses the name "fractionbar". I'm not sure
if this is intentional on Corel's part or merely an oversight. If you happen to
need the ograve character, you may have to modify your application's PostScript
encoding vectors before you can access it.
The VIDEO222.WFN file is included for Corel users, in hopes that WfnBoss may
someday be able to support a full character set, and/or provide hinting for
Type 1 files. VIDEO.WFN is the file used by WfnBoss to create the Type 1 files,
and the 13 characters mentioned above were deleted from it to eliminate a nasty
bug with Windows' Adobe Type Manager.
Speaking of hinting, I tried using Tom Truong's CORELHNT program in Lib 6, but
it turned the font into Courier (at least that's what my printer spit out.) As
is though, it prints clearly on my H-P LaserJet III with the H-P PostScript
cartridge, at 10 points on up. Anyone who wishes to run it through Fontographer
or something to add hinting is welcome to do so.
(Please re-upload it for the benefit of the rest of us!)
License to Use
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Video Terminal Screen, in all its variations, and any derivative works, are
copyrighted software. This font is Share-Ware software, it is not released to
the Public Domain. The original software consists of the following six files:
VIDEO .WFN - CorelDRAW! font file with 209 character set.
VIDEO222.WFN - CorelDRAW! font file with 222 character set.
VIDEON__.PFB - Adobe Type 1 font file with 209 character set.
VIDEON__.AFM - ASCII font metrics file.
VIDEON__.PFM - Adobe Type Manager font metrics file.
VIDEO2 .TXT - This text description file.
This software may be freely copied and distributed, provided that:
* All files listed above are distributed together.
* This file (VIDEO2.TXT) must remain unmodified.
* Credit is given to E A BEHL for any derivative works.
* Commercial Share-Ware distributors must obtain written permission from
E A BEHL, and pay a $10.00 duplication fee; if any charge whatsoever,
including duplication, media, etc., is imposed for its distribution.
Additional versions of the font (Hinted Type 1, Type 3, PCL, MAC, TrueType,
etc.) and additional text files may be included with the original set of files
listed above.
Individuals are granted temporary license to use the font software for non-
commercial, evaluation purposes only. This license allows the trial use of the
font in non-commercial (not-for-profit) applications, for no more than thirty
(30) days.
If you find this font of value, you may license its continual use for a
nominal, one-time fee of $5.00 U.S. Each license grants permission to install
Video Terminal Screen on up to two low resolution printers (600dpi or lower)
and/or one high resolution printer (above 600dpi.) To obtain a license
certificate, send $5.00 check or money order (U.S. funds only, please) to:
E A BEHL
2663 Red Oak Court
Clearwater, Florida U.S.A. 34621-2319
Tel: (813) 789-3550 Fax: (813) 787-9414
CIS: 70413,1073
Warranty
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This software is licensed as is, with no warranty of any kind, including but
not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. The user assumes all risk arising from the use of this
software. In no event shall E A BEHL, its employees, principals, or agents be
liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential losses caused by
the use of this software.
In the event the software does not perform as stated, the user's sole remedy
shall be the replacement of software or refund of the original license fee.
Copyrights and Trademarks
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Video Terminal Screen
Copyright (c) 1991, E A BEHL - Clearwater FL USA. All rights reserved.
Any trade names referenced herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.