Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!les@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU From: les@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Les Earnest) Newsgroups: comp.text.desktop Subject: Re: FIND a FONT Message-ID: <36495@sun.uucp> Date: 15 Dec 87 00:11:35 GMT Sender: news@sun.uucp Distribution: comp Lines: 21 Approved: desktop-request%plaid@sun.com 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 Arpanet: Les@Sail.Stanford.EDU UUCP: . . . DECWRL!Sail.Stanford.EDU!Les ---------------------------------------- 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 --- Chuq "Fixed in 4.0" Von Rospach chuq@sun.COM Delphi: CHUQ