12 May
2017
12 May
'17
3:08 a.m.
On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I grew up with X-Y scope displays, their associated
electrostatic printers, and Calcomp pen plotters. To draw letters and symbols on these, we
used Fortran libraries driven by data tables to make "Hershey Characters".
This year, the Hershey Font system and libraries turn 50 years old:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Calligraphy_for_computers.html?id=qFFC…
Interesting to see the history of these fonts. To my eye, nothing else
looks quite correct on a mechanical CAD drawing.
Does anyone else recognize Font 6, Complex Roman in older Japanese
technical documentation. The 2 and 7 are distinctive are particularly
distinctive.
-chuck