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Re: volunteers needed to help make fonts for GNU

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From: dhosek
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 06:14
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In article <199209032017.AA00264@claude.cs.umb.edu>, Karl Berry <karl@claude.cs.umb.edu> writes:
> I will get you a scanned
> type specimen image.  The manual explains how to use these utilities to
> turn that into a font you can use in TeX or PostScript.

Whoa. What are these "scanned type speciman images" and where are
they coming from. I certainly hope that the Gnu project is not
stealing fonts (While font designs can be legally stolen in most
countries, that doesn't necessarily make the procres right).
Perhaps a bit of clarification could be had here?

-dh

Don Hosek                  
dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu  
Quixote Digital Typography 
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