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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
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Subject: word: a small fontbanner
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Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 16:19:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 16:19:31 1986
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Fontbanner is nice for large wall banners, but it doesn't work very
well for smaller signs.  I'm enclosing a trivial shell script I use
to get a similar effect for small signs.  This command is well suited
to being used in a loop if you want to generate several signs.  I
call it "word".  I've used it, for example, using 28 point bocklin,
to make signs to label our computers with their proper names:

	word CbPavo | lpr

Also, using the Times Roman fonts, it makes nice flash cards to
teach babies to read.  (Helvetica would be better, but I don't
have such a font.)

	for i in one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
	do
		F=times.r.24 word $i
	done | lpr

Of course, it's intended for output on a wide
printer, and even so the messages have to be broken into small pieces
to fit on a line.  But for single words it works nicely.

You may wonder why I bother to write and post the shell script, since
it's so trivial.  Perhaps it's because vfontinfo is not well known,
especially the -m option.  In fact, I can't even find the source to
vfontinfo on my 4.2BSD system, although the binary is there.

Substitute your favorite default font for 28 point Bocklin.

	Mark

echo " "
echo " "
echo " "
/usr/lib/vfontinfo -m ${F-bocklin.28} "$*"
echo " "
echo " "
echo " "