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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!ennfs.eas.asu.edu!noao!math.arizona.edu!news.math.arizona.edu!rsm From: rsm@math.arizona.edu (Robert S. Maier) Newsgroups: comp.fonts,comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Old BSD vfonts -- where are they? Date: 22 Jun 1996 15:39:34 GMT Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Arizona Lines: 18 Distribution: world Message-ID: <RSM.96Jun22083934@platinum.math.arizona.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: platinum.math.arizona.edu Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.fonts:40000 comp.sys.sun.misc:24482 comp.unix.bsd.misc:1149 alt.folklore.computers:113569 Early releases of BSD Unix included a library of bitmapped fonts (in the traditional vfont format, which was later adopted by Sun). They used to be stored in /usr/lib/vfont, if I remember rightly. At least until SunOS 4.1.3, SunOS came with metrics for those fonts (the metrics were stored in /usr/lib/font). But it's been a long time since I've seen the fonts themselves. Do they still exist? If so, it would be easy to convert them to a modern format (I believe the vfont format was originally designed for Versatec plotters). If anyone can send me information, I'd much appreciate it. -- Robert S. Maier | Internet: rsm@math.arizona.edu Dept. of Math. | Univ. of Arizona | Tucson, AZ 85721 | FAX: +1 520 621 8322 U.S.A. | Voice: +1 520 621 6893 (dept.), +1 520 621 2617 (office)