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| From | Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.sys.pdp10, comp.fonts |
| Subject | Re: the history of the Hershey fonts (was Re: reprints of old AI memos) |
| Date | 2026-09-03 09:59 -0300 |
| Organization | Primarily biological and memetic |
| Message-ID | <87tso64hjb.fsf@debian> (permalink) |
| References | (16 earlier) <874iga5jgr.fsf@debian> <7wld9l5xtc.fsf_-_@junk.nocrew.org> <mddfqzsd57w.fsf@panix5.panix.com> <87mrtz5vqv.fsf_-_@debian> <117a4kc$35q9q$1@dont-email.me> |
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes: > On the other hand, you can get a lot of variations out of a single > Hershey font by varying the thickness and patterning of the strokes > used to render it. > > Examples of use of the Hershey fonts are here > <https://www.deviantart.com/default-cube/gallery/54390594/hersheypy-examples>. These are very nice! I’ve been thinking about other variations as well; stroke fonts handle variations in aspect ratio and obliquing much better than outline fonts do, for example, and I suspect that some simple heuristics for replacing some straight lines with curves ought to be able to produce high-quality lettering from some Hershey fonts. Kragen
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boxing all integers (was Re: Resources to learn common lisp?) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-29 17:52 -0300
Re: boxing all integers (was Re: Resources to learn common lisp?) Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2026-08-30 06:43 +0000
Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers)f Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-30 13:11 -0300
Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers)f Lars Brinkhoff <lars.spam@nocrew.org> - 2026-08-31 05:14 +0000
Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-31 06:54 +0000
Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers)f Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-31 13:43 -0300
Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers)f Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-08-31 13:56 -0300
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Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers)f Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-02 15:23 -0300
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the history of the Hershey fonts (was Re: reprints of old AI memos) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-02 15:55 -0300
Re: the history of the Hershey fonts (was Re: reprints of old AI memos) Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-02 21:31 +0000
Re: the history of the Hershey fonts (was Re: reprints of old AI memos) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-03 09:59 -0300
Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-02 16:35 -0300
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Re: reprints of old AI memos (was Re: boxing all integers) Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org> - 2026-09-03 12:50 -0300
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