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Subject: HP Font Editors
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Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 12:38:57 EST
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I requested information a couple of weeks ago about font editors to produce
HP soft fonts for the IBM PC.  I received a lot of requests for whatever 
information I located.  Here it is:

Tom Putnam at Purdue said:

> A very good commercial package is available from SoftCraft and
> called Laser Fonts.  They sell a basic package including a full
> set of Hershey fonts and a font editor for something around $100.00
> (if I remember correctly).
> 
> You can buy additional diskettes full of fonts for a nominal
> additional charge.  They even provide a tool to build print driver
> files to work with Microsoft Word and with their own word processor.
> These are the folks that brought us Fancy Font for the Epson and IBM
> dot matrix printers.  
> 
> 	SoftCraft Inc.
> 	222 State Street
> 	Madison, WI  53703
> 	(608) 257-3300

In addition, I found a blurb in the February 3 PC Week for an HP font
editor called Hot Lead priced at $148.  The address and phone number given
were:

	Janus Associates
       	991 Massachussetts Ave.
        Cambridge, MA 02138
        (617) 354-1999
        
Jeffrey William Gillette sent the following:

> The Duke Language Toolkit contains a generic font editor (FED.EXE) and filter
> program (FNT2LJ.EXE) that provides LaserJet Plus support for custom designed
> fonts.  This is not public domain - Duke University preserves the copyright
> to insure public availability without charge.
> 
> The best way to get the Language Toolkit is to download it from the
> Duke Humanities Bulletin Board.  919/684-3169 is the number.  The login
> is 'bbs' - no password.  The system will prompt you for the necessary
> information.  Note that you will not, on your first call, be able to 
> download the files you want.  We validate users every few days, however,
> and on your second call you will be able to get the H-P programs.
> 
> We have created both portrait and landscape fonts with Fed.  Fixed and
> proportional spacing are both supported, along with kerning and a variety
> of sizes.  The H-P programs are *at your own risk*, but we are aware of no
> deficiencies or bugs in their use.
> 
> Peace,
> 
> Jeffrey William Gillette          uucp: mcnc!ethos!ducall!jeff 
> Humanities Computing Facility     bitnet: DYBBUK at TUCCVM
> Duke University
> 

Clayton E. Cramer