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Subject: Re: Hershey fonts public domain?
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 00:54:59 EST
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From: ihnp4!sdcrdcf!RDCF.SDC.UUCP!darrelj@uw-beaver.arpa (Darrel VanBuer)

In looking at the paper (actually, my copy is microfiche) of PB-251 845,
NBS-SP-424, "AContributin to Computer Typesetting Techniques: Tables of
Coordinates for Hershey's, ...", it carries NO copyright notice, so the
fonts can clearly be used freely if you're willing to type in the 1377 sets
of coordinate lists.  I suspect that the tape restriction is to protect NTIS
sales, or is a blanket tape restriction ignoring any proprietary interest
which may apply to some tapes.
Since the tape and document, you may also be able to find someone who has
already had the tape for 5 years, and thus is free of the restriction, or
you could release a program which deals with a tape others get direct from
NTIS or you build a derivative file (e.g. prescanned rasters) which you
distribute.

Darrel J. Van Buer, PhD
System Development Corp.
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