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3270font: A font for the nostalgic
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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
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from the one in Georgia Tech's 3270tool, which was itself hand-copied
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from a 3270 terminal. I built it because I felt terminals deserve to be
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pretty. The .sfd font file contains a x3270 bitmap font that was used
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for guidance.
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![Using with the cool-old-tern (now cool-retro-term) terminal program]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cool-retro-term.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
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generate fonts for your platform. On most civilized operating systems,
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you can simply `apt-get install fontforge`, `yum install fontforge` or
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even `port install fontforge`. On others, you may need to grab your copy
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from http://fontforge.org/. I encourage you to drop by and read the
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tutorials.
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![Powerline-shell compatible!]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/powerline.png)
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Adobe Type 1, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions are available for download on
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http://s3.amazonaws.com/rbanffy/3270_fonts_1aeb375.zip for those who
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would just like to use them.
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![Using it on OSX (don't forget to turn antialiasing on)]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/osx_terminal.png)
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If you are running Windows, you'll probably need something like
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Cygwin, but, in the end, the font works correctly (with some very
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minor hinting issues).
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![Works on Windows]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/windows_7.png)
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Generating derived files
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The script `generate_derived.pe` calls FontForge and generates
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PostScript, OTF, TTF and WOFF versions of the base font, as well as a
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slightly more condensed .sfd file with the base font narrowed to 488
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units, with no glyph rescaling and its corresponding PostScript, TTF,
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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
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you want to contribute (there are a lot of missing glyphs, such as the
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APL set and most non-latin alphabets which most likely were never built
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into 3270 terminals), get in touch and we will figure out how to do it
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right.
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Preserving history
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------------------
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I regard the history of electronic computing a very important part of
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our civilization's history. Consider donating to entities that help
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preserve it, such as the Computer History Museum
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(http://www.computerhistory.org/), the IT History Society
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(http://ithistory.org/) and many others around the world. If you have a
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historically significant piece of technology in your closet or garage,
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consider contacting a local technology or industrial-design-oriented
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museum for advice.
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Known problems
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Not all symbols in the 3270 charset have Unicode counterparts. When
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possible, they are duplicated in the Unicode space. The 3270-only
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symbols are at the end of the font.
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Please refer to http://x3270.bgp.nu/Charset.html for a complete map.
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