Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk
From: kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: PostScript fonts: German...
Message-ID: <3644@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Date: 14 Jul 88 21:30:05 GMT
References: <23865@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Reply-To: kjk@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Ken Keirnan)
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In article <23865@bu-cs.BU.EDU> berlin@buita.bu.edu (David Fickes  - Einstein Project) writes:
>Once again we are looking for fonts... we especially need the
>"old German script fonts" which are known by many separate names
>such as:
>
>German - Chicago Manual of Style
>Fraktur - ??
>Gothic  - different than English Gothic, used in mathematics
>AlteSchrift - German name for this font style...
>
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In case this is of interest to other than David, I am making a general
posting instead of replying via E-mail.

The "devps" ditroff to PostScript translator from Pipeline Associates
(New York, New York) comes with converted Hershey fonts for Gothic
English, Gothic German, and Gothic Italian.  The fonts aren't too bad
at point sizes up to about 20-24 points.  Below 16 points they look
quite good.  I have no idea if Pipeline would be willing to sell the
fonts without the "devps" package.  There are (at least) a couple of
Hershey data base to PostScript conversion programs in the public
domain if you want to roll your own.  Anyone out there have one of
these beasts along with the standard Hershey data base?

Ken Keirnan
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Ken Keirnan - Pacific Bell - {att,bellcore,sun,ames,pyramid}!pacbell!pbhyf!kjk
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