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| 3270font: A font for the nostalgic | ||||
| ================================== | ||||
| https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font | ||||
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| A little bit of history | ||||
| ----------------------- | ||||
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| This font is derived from the x3270 font, which, in turn, was translated | ||||
| from the one in Georgia Tech's 3270tool, which was itself hand-copied | ||||
| from a 3270 terminal. I built it because I felt terminals deserve to be | ||||
| pretty. The .sfd font file contains a x3270 bitmap font that was used | ||||
| for guidance. | ||||
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| ![Using with the Cathode terminal program] | ||||
| (https://raw.github.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cathode.png) | ||||
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| The format | ||||
| ---------- | ||||
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| This font was built with FontForge. You'll need it if you want to | ||||
| generate fonts for your platform. On most civilized operating systems, | ||||
| you can simply `apt-get install fontforge`, `yum install fontforge` or | ||||
| even `port install fontforge`. On others, you may need to grab your copy | ||||
| from http://fontforge.org/. I encourage you to drop by and read the | ||||
| tutorials. | ||||
|  | ||||
| ![Powerline-shell compatible!] | ||||
| (https://raw.github.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/powerline.png) | ||||
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| Adobe Type 1, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions are available for download on | ||||
| http://s3.amazonaws.com/rbanffy/3270_fonts.zip for those who would just | ||||
| like to use them. | ||||
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| ![Using it on OSX] | ||||
| (https://raw.github.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/osx_terminal.png) | ||||
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| Generating derived files | ||||
| ------------------------ | ||||
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| The script `generate_derived.pe` calls FontForge and generates | ||||
| PostScript, OTF, TTF and WOFF versions of the base font, as well as a  | ||||
| slightly more condensed .sfd file with the base font narrowed to 488  | ||||
| units, with no glyph rescaling and its corresponding PostScript, TTF,  | ||||
| OTF and WOFF versions. | ||||
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| Contributing | ||||
| ------------ | ||||
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| I don't think GitHub's pull-request mechanism is FontForge-friendly. If | ||||
| you want to contribute (there are a lot of missing glyphs, such as the | ||||
| APL set and most non-latin alphabets which most likely were never built | ||||
| into 3270 terminals), get in touch and we will figure out how to do it | ||||
| right. | ||||
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| Preserving history | ||||
| ------------------ | ||||
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| I regard the history of electronic computing a very important part of | ||||
| our civilization's history. Consider donating to entities that help | ||||
| preserve it, such as the Computer History Museum | ||||
| (http://www.computerhistory.org/), the IT History Society | ||||
| (http://ithistory.org/) and many others around the world. If you have a | ||||
| historically significant piece of technology in your closet or garage, | ||||
| consider contacting a local technology or industrial-design-oriented | ||||
| museum for advice. | ||||
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| Known problems | ||||
| -------------- | ||||
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| I have received errors when installing the OTF, TTF, and PFM fonts on | ||||
| Windows 7 and 8 (didn't try others). | ||||
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