Xref: utzoo comp.text:5101 comp.fonts:760 sci.lang:5255 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!uhccux!lee From: lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Greg Lee) Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.fonts,sci.lang Subject: Re: IPA in MF Message-ID: <4940@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> Date: 27 Sep 89 16:24:39 GMT References: <2135@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Organization: University of Hawaii Lines: 77 From article <2135@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, by dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Donald Hosek): " In article <59@masalla.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) writes: " >Does anyone have an International Phonetic Alphabet font in Metafont? " >Or, indeed, any other format? Half-finished developments are welcome! " >Or anything! " " Washington State University has one which they may be making pd (I don't " remember). Even commercially, it's reasonably priced and of good quality. " For more info, send a note to " Dean Guentheror I have a version of a Washington IPA font, and I could post it if it were clear this was an ok thing to do. My copy has a notice requiring distribution of "the" font set "in its entirety", but I can't figure out whether this applies to the IPA font (other fonts were included) or whether it would obligate me to distribute the pk/gf files (which I no longer have, since I generated my own) and .exe file (which I discarded). I don't understand the point of the restriction on distibuting the fonts -- I'm not sure it has a point. I can't seem to contact anyone from WSU to clarify the situation. If anyone can figure it out, please post or email me. It's a nice font. I've appended below some excerpts from documents that accompanied the IPA font which have some information about the rather puzzling copyright and where the font can be obtained (presumably on ibmpc floppy). Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu -------- This disk includes TEST RELEASE files for WNIPA, the ipa-like font, and release versions of the WNPFA series. The IPA files are available in source in IPA.exe, and a single 300dpi .pk file and its tfm are available in the IPA subdirectory ... -------- WNPFA.DOC ... This font set is free; it is not, however, in the public domain. There are restrictions as to what you may do with your copy of this font set; these restrictions are described in this document. ... LICENSE ... The Washington Phonetic Font set A is a copyrighted unpublished work produced by the Humanities and Arts Computing Center of the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. You are licensed to use the font set, free of any royalty payments, in perpetuity. You may make multiple copies of the font set, and you may install the font set on any number of computer systems which are under your personal control. You may redistribute the font set IN ITS ENTIRETY, INCLUDING THIS DOCUMENT (in unmodified form) to any person or organization, provided that you may not charge any fee whatsoever. ... AVAILABILITY Persons wishing to acquire the WNPFA font set may obtain a copy either from anyone who already has a copy, subject to licensing limitations described above, or from The North West Computing Support Center DW-10 University of Washington Seattle, Washington 98195 The North West Center charges a modest fee to recover costs; call (206)-543-6259 for current ordering information. No other individual or organization is authorized to distribute this font-set on a for-fee basis. ...