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Article #7001Re: postscript fonts from bitmaps ?
From: Harry Burford
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1988 13:45
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1988 13:45
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In article <22148@bbn.COM> rohlicek@bbn.com (Robin Rohlicek) writes: >I am interested in (semi-) automatically generating scalable >postscript fonts from bitmaps. Specifically, I would like to take the >bitmap metafont output and scanned hand-created fonts and make >postscript spline outlines. Robin: You might want to give Z-Softs Type Foundry a look. They provide an editor that runs in a microsoft Windows environment on a PC that lets you edit either bit or outline fonts. There are also programs included to allow you to convert between the formats. Interesting way to make Laserjet fonts from a Postscript outline or vice-versa. Good-Luck -- Harry Burford - NCR E & M Wichita, Printer Engineering PHONE: 316-688-8016 FAX: 316-688-8889 Harry.Burford@Wichita.NCR.COM C-Serve: 76367,151
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!hao!gatech!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!ncrlnk!ncrwic!encad!enprt!hburford From: hburford@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM (Harry Burford) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: postscript fonts from bitmaps ? Message-ID: <283@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM> Date: 17 Mar 88 13:45:00 GMT References: <22148@bbn.COM> Reply-To: hburford@enprt.UUCP (Harry Burford) Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, Kansas Lines: 19