Re: FIND a FONT

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From: Les Earnest
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1987 00:11

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As the author of the ancient note called "Find a Font," I can report that
all the XGP fonts are still alive and well at Stanford, but they are not
very useful for modern printers.  These fonts were designed for 200 dot/
inch printers.  When used with 300 dpi printers, all but the largest
sizes print too small.

An additional barrier to their use in other systems is that XGP font
files are binary and use 36 bit words.  I know of no practical way to
transport such files other than FTP or dump to tape for another 36 bit
machine.  (Incidentally, the reason for the similarity between XGP font
format and TeX PXL format is that the latter is a descendent of the former.)

Les Earnest, Stanford University
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