Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ames!oliveb!sun!CLDLV@NASAGISS.bitnet From: CLDLV@NASAGISS.bitnet (Dimitri Vulis) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: FIND a FONT Message-ID: <36028@sun.uucp> Date: 9 Dec 87 21:50:01 GMT Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Lines: 35 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com I have the following question/request/query: I have come across a _part_ of a 60-page document entitled: --- begin quote --- Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Operating Note 74 May 1976 FIND a FONT Les Earnest Abstract: Typefaces currently available for the Xerox Graphics Printer are presented herein, warts and all. Procedures for creating, modifying and stealing fonts are discussed. --- end quote --- The person who left the document here is no longer around. The document lists a number of very cute fonts, e.g. Boecklin, Chess pieces, Tengvar (Tolkien), etc. The samples look very nice. One section describes the file format (similar to TeX PXL). Another section supposedly described the way to get the files thru FTP, but this particular section is missing. I would like to try and use these fonts on our SunWriter (a PostScript device). If I succeed, I'll share them with others. The problem is to get those fonts. Now, I might spend some money and order this note from Stanford. However, the information is very likely obsolete after 12 years, and also I cannot FTP, being a pariah BITNET user. I would very much appreciate if someone (probably from Stanford) would 1) tell me if these fonts are still around and 2) send some of them to me UUEncoded via mail, if it's not too much trouble. In fact, any info at all will be appreciated. Dimitri Vulis ---------------------------------------- Submissions to: desktop%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop Administrivia to: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com -OR- sun!plaid!desktop-request Paths: {ihnp4,decwrl,hplabs,seismo,ucbvax}!sun