GFONTS.LBR 1987-01-25 ---------- INTRODUCTION ------------ Th font i thi librar wer create fo us wit GEEFONT publi domai NL printe progra fo Gemin an Epso printers and i th sam spiri a GEEFONT a hereb placin the i th publi domain. Althoug GEEFON lack certai formattin capabilitie foun i othe NL printe softwar suc a BRADFOR (eg - proportiona printing th capabilit t interpre an handl Wordsta formattin commands etc.) i als ha numbe o uniqu advantages includin th capabilit t handl subscript an superscripts t us wide rang o characte sizes an t handl extende characte set whic ma includ scientifi an mathematica symbols foreig characters an othe graphics. Thi librar offer severa genera purpos fon style i wid rang o sizes includin ful se o box-drawin lin graphics hav mad ever effor t mak eac fon a attractiv a possibl a wel a consisten withi eac style withi th limitation impose b 9-wir prin head Th font ar designe t tak ful advantag o th capabilitie o GEEFONT suc a variation i heigh an width Fo example i som o th fonts especiall th full-seri one suc a th F an F fonts th "m" "w an certai othe character wer mad fe dot wide an repositione slightl t stea littl whit spac fro thei neighbors--no quit proportiona spacing bu noticeabl improvemen ove softwar tha make ever character the same width. Th origina GEEFON librar release b it autho demonstrate th us o mathematica symbols Gree characters etc Th font i thi librar d no pursu th subjec o mathematica symbols etc sinc th possibilitie ar endless an user wil wan t customiz thes fo thei ow needs. DEMONSTRATION ------------- Th bes wa t se wha GEEFON ca d wit thi librar i t tr it First UNCRunc GF.CZM *.BZN an *.GZ usin UNCRUNC 2. o higher (Th 2 .BI file wil tota approximatel 156 whe UNCRunched Th .DA sourc file woul tota approximatel 700 i the wer al UNCRunche -- CRUNC i ver effective on files of this kind!) Then type: gf allfonts.gf <-e> (default is the Gemini 10 printer) (add -e if using an Epson printer) Whil thi i running g ge cu o coffee--th printin tim i roughl proportiona t th numbe o bits an the large font us a awfu lo o bits Th abov wil tak abou hal hour dependin o you CP speed Th resul i complet reference printout showing all fonts in all sizes. Then try: gf cal.gf <-e> Note Fo convenience hav include severa o th file fro th origina GEEFONT v0.0 library an hav rename som mor t m likin (2-characte name fo commonl use file sav lo o keystrokes) GF.CO i th printin program originall name FONT0.COM hav take th libert o patchin th nam o th defaul fon fil i GF.CO t FG.BIN rathe tha th origina FONTDEF.BIN hav no include th tw origina fon files GF.DO i th origina do file whic provide mor detaile operatin instructions. RANDOM NOTES ------------ hav attempte t kee th fon fil name simpl an shor sinc the mus b entere int th tex t chang fonts Fo othe tha th standar 1 character pe inc pitch hav include th pitc i th fil name (Not t GEEFON autho - i woul b nic i th .BI extensio wer mad default t avoi havin t typ i i th tex eac time Also mino bu i GF.CO -- ^Qfxxx.bin^ doesn' wor a pe th .DO file--i lose th las character "n" Yo hav t sa ^Qfxxx.bi ^Q Suggestio -- eliminat th secon ^ an terminat th fon fil nam strin o th firs spac character addin th .BI extensio automaticall a default). Al font hav th sam vertica spacing line pe inch excep fo FH whic i line pe inc an FD5 FB an FR whic ar line pe inch Not tha th us o th latte font i heading etc wil fou u th lin coun an therefor th paginatio fo you wor processor Similarly mixin font o differen pitche wil fou u centering tabs margins etc Yo mus manuall adjus th spacin fo thes differences Th ALLFONTS.G fil contain severa example o this. The ORATOR font is the tallest font which will fit in 1/6 inch. Th FR fon i ver nearl th larges tha ca b handle withou overflowin th limi o 65,53 bit i th fon file (Not t GEEFON autho - MAKEFON report bit afte th SECON characte i th fil ha bee assemble -- suspec thi ma b bug an th actua coun ma b on characte greate tha reporte b MAKEFONT.) hav include th lin graphic character onl i th 1 cp fonts Incidentally on wa t dra boxe i t us th norma equivalen ASCI character first the us you editor' globa replac comman t selectivel chang "- t "^W-" etc. a required Remembe tha i Wordsta yo ca us ^O t toggl th displa o al th contro character o an of -- the mak a awfu mes o th scree whe drawin bo graphics. (Not t GEEFON autho -- horizonta line use a awfu lo o ^W' -- perhap anothe code sa ^E coul b use befor an afte th strin t defin continuou strin o character fro th extende characte set.) Th 15 1 an 2 cp font us th sam characte do structur -- onl th spacin betwee character wa change (an th lengt o th underline). An o th 1 cp font ca b printe a 1 cp b usin th ^ code However ther ar tw disadvantage t this Firstly a wit an typewrite o printer fon designe fo 1 cp look crowde a 1 cpi an fon designe fo 1 cp look to space ou a 1 cpi Th secon proble i tha onc yo us th ^ cod i document yo ca us th ^ cod t g bac t 1 cpi bu spacing othe tha 1 o 1 cp apparentl canno b obtained Ther ma b wa t ge aroun this bu foun i bes t avoi th us o th ^ an ^ codes Fo mos o th fonts hav include separat 1 cp an 1 cp version whic provid th bes appearanc a eac o thos spacings. Fina Not -- Al o th font wer develope an teste wit m Gemini-10 printer can' thin o an reaso wh the shouldn' wor equall wel wit a Epson bu hav no teste them that way. ================== Mor Note t GEEFON Autho - I woul b nic i th printin progra woul chec fo ^ -- ther doesn' see t b an norma o gracefu wa t abor printing. mino point bu i woul b nic i th printe wer restore t it standar defaul vertica spacing lpi fo norma printing whe th printin progra exits. I woul b nic i GEEFON coul handl For Fee characte a th en o pag -- ordinarily Lin Feed ar OK an Wordstar fo example wil en pag wit you choic o either bu whe usin othe tha lpi th paginatio get foule up an i GEEFON coul handl For Feed i migh ge th pape bac i page syn with less fuss. Havin sai al that suppos ther i alread ne versio o GEEFON whic outdate mos o m comment -- i so m apologies! I som o m suggestion wer t b implemented i woul requir mino change i code imbedde i th text Hopefully change t GEEFON wil no mak m librar too incompatible!!! Stan Kazmiruk 28 Alder Crescent Ottawa, Ontario K1B 4X6 613-830-2484