Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!suntc.UUCP!jh34607 From: jh34607@suntc.UUCP (john howell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: (none) Message-ID: <8906071525.AA26405@suntc.tech.uucp> Date: 7 Jun 89 15:25:28 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 448 Subject: Polygon Fonts Kevin Martin writes: >Could anyone inform me of the location of, or could share or sell polygonal >fonts? I happen to have a helvetica polygon font set you can have ... it follows. If you plot the polygons, as lines first, you will see that these are pretty strange looking polygons, so you may need to manually 'tune them up' before using them ... depending on your application. Another source of fonts would be to use outline fonts from bitstream or a myriad other sources. These are marketed for PostScript Laser printers. Of course you would probably have to rasterize them or polygonalize them yourself. One more area ... There are a million (or more) raster fonts out there in many different sizes and style for Macintoshes. If a raster font will satisfy your needs, this will be a good solution. I have written a program that reads a Macintosh font file and loads it into a SGI 3000 font. You could have this if you like, but this is a C program that just shows how it is done, nothing else. You would have to incorporate the code. Finally, another area. There is a set of stroke fonts in the public domain called 'Hershey Fonts'. If stroke fonts will address your problem, these are available and I could forward those also. Hope this is some help. John John Howell uucp: uunet!suntc!jh34607 Deere & Company MCImail: John R. Howell, 360-4047 Technical Center CompuServe: john howell [76666,2505] _ _ / // // o __ /_ ____, , , _ // // / o / ( o / /_(_) (_(_/_