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From: iwm@doc.ic.ac.UK (Ian Moor)
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Subject: DEC Common Font Format
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Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 15:05:14 EDT
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Does anybody know where the documentation for DEC Common Font Format can
be found. This is the format of LN03 font files and I think font files
for VWS (Vax Windowing System) for VaxStation II. We begged a LN03 programmers
handbook from our local salesman, but there are no details of the format.
The include files with VWS contain a definition of the format, but while
the field and constant names are meaningful, they are not enough - that 
part of the file is the `alternate_table' but whats that ? I have a copy
of Flavio Rose' DVI2LN3, which helps a bit, but I'd rather have English
with diagrams than commented C code.