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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: help in generating a font
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Date: 1 Feb 91 18:27:31 GMT
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Reply-To: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
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(use some carriage returns dude)

:    I am an engineering student and require to write papers quite often.
:Sometime, I was unable to have the document exactly what I want just
:because of unavailable characters (e.g., a three dot in vertical line).
:Can anyone out there tell me how to create a specific font I want.
:Please explain how to obtain the utility to do 

I am in some boat, but let me be a little more specific.  I need to create
characters which look good on a Deskwriter _and_ a postscript LaserWriter.
(and the screen would be nice)

Utilities to read/write/edit type 1 ps fonts are way out of my price range
and type 3 ps fonts will be difficult to send to the DW 

So..
I guess what I need is a utility for creating and editing 4x bitmap fonts.
It would be nice if there was a way to import characters from
existing ps fonts (via ATM possibly?)

I would consider commercial software - just not the $500 kind.

Any ideas?


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-george            george@mech.seas.upenn.edu