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From: jcmorris@mitre-bedford.ARPA (Joseph C. Morris)
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Subject: Re: Character editor for LaserJet softfonts needed
Keywords: laserjet softfont character editor
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Date: 31 Oct 88 23:16:15 GMT
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In article <22159@beta.lanl.gov> ttp@beta.lanl.gov (T T Phillips) writes:
>I use soft fonts in an HP LaserJet II [...]                          I
>would like to know if anyone knows of any soft font character editors
>that I could use to 1) replace the soft font character for (e.g.)
>grave accent with the character for lower case "o" and, 2) then edit
>the new grave accent character to fill in the center.

There are several products on the market which allow you to edit the HP-style
soft fonts.  SoftCraft has two editors: EFONT and (I think) Publisher's 
Typefoundry.  EFONT is part of the Laser Fonts package and isn't interactive:
you turn characters into character files (asterisk for one-bits) which
you can edit with your favorite text editor and then return into the font.
PT is a Windows product which provides for interactive editing using a
graphics display.  I run EFONT (mainly because I found a copy (still sealed)
of the Laser Fonts package for $20 at a flea market); it's creaky but does 
the job.  PT is expensive ($300 price range, I think) but the PC Magazine
review gave it high marks.

Not too many mail order houses seem to admit that they carry SoftCraft
products, but I've seen them advertised occasionally at about 30% off
list.