X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f62f2,47e8d8a068349d1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf62f2,public X-Google-Thread: fbb79,47e8d8a068349d1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb79,public X-Google-Thread: fd705,47e8d8a068349d1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd705,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,47e8d8a068349d1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: Tim Shoppa Subject: Re: Seeking overstrike bitmap fonts to emulate Teletype Date: 1998/09/21 Message-ID: <36063F2F.F53B751@trailing-edge.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 393320785 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <6tttar$seg$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> <360471C5.7BA8@sunsouthwest.com> <6u5ii7$rli@top.mitre.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: audrey2.cais.com 906393905 198.232.144.27 (Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:05:05 EDT) Organization: Trailing Edge Technology MIME-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:05:05 EDT Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.fonts,comp.lang.postscript,alt.ascii-art Joe Morris wrote: > You could choose between: > > slashed zero > slashed letter "O" > neither of the above (the letter "O" was clearly squared and > the digit 0 was clearly rounded and horizontally compressed) > > ...*please*: let's not start the "slash wars" thread again. I won't, but I will point out that most of the mid-to-late-70's printer drivers allowed the user to select a "0"<->"O" swap :-) Let's not forget the "up-arrow" and "right-arrow" characters, either... > But back on the font option question: was there ever a "weather font" > option for the TTY33? The Weather Bureau and the aviation community > continued to use TTY28 machines (re-geared to run at 100 wpm) until > they were replaced by video terminals...or at least I never saw a > TTY33 or TTY35 in either service. AFAIK the dependence on baudot is what prevented the weather font from appearing on the 33/35's. Tim.