28 Oct
2019
28 Oct
'19
11:46 a.m.
Hi folks,
An interesting article on adafruit about the digitalisation (hem) of the original hand
drawn DEC logo, including the PS file itself -
https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/10/28/the-digital-equipment-corporation-dec-…
<https://blog.adafruit.com/2019/10/28/the-digital-equipment-corporation-dec-logo-ancient-digitalization-found-dec-logo-nedbat/>
This news must have done the rounds back in 2007 though, because I have the file in
question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac already?hmm...
Cheers,
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28 Oct
28 Oct
9:33 p.m.
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 1:46 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
This news must have done the rounds back in 2007
though, because I have the file in question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac already?hmm...
2007 is about right:
https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.html
29 Oct
29 Oct
10:48 a.m.
I know next to nothing about PostScript and fonts, is it possible to convert this to a
font that can be installed on Windows? I found a site that says it converts it
(convertio.co), but I am suspicious of free sites like that.
Regards
Rob
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Subject: Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript
On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 1:46 PM Adrian Graham via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
This news must have done the rounds back in 2007
though, because I have
the file in question (declogo17.ps) on my Mac
already?hmm...
2007 is about right:
https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/ancient_history_the_digital_logo.h
tml 
3 Nov
3 Nov
5:37 a.m.
tis 2019-10-29 klockan 17:48 +0000 skrev Rob Jarratt via cctalk:
I know next to nothing about PostScript and fonts, is
it possible to
convert this to a font that can be installed on Windows? I found a
site that says it converts it (convertio.co), but I am suspicious of
free sites like that.
Regards
Rob
did you solve your problem ?
Either way doing RTFM - .pfm is binary encoded .afm.
I did a simple drawing with the font in a ps and exported to pdf.
9:03 a.m.
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From: Stefan Skoglund <stefan.skoglund at agj.net>
Sent: 03 November 2019 13:37
To: rob at jarratt.me.uk; Rob Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>; General
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>; 'Jason
T'
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Subject: Re: Original DEC logo in PostScript
tis 2019-10-29 klockan 17:48 +0000 skrev Rob Jarratt via cctalk:
No I didn't. I did a little bit of searching but didn't find anything except the
convertio.co site, which I am reluctant to try unless someone knows it to be safe. If
anyone knows of a way to get this to a TrueType font that would be nice. I know so little
about fonts, I wonder if there is a way to manually convert it to TrueType, are there any
free tools for creating fonts?
Regards
Rob
I know next to nothing about PostScript and
fonts, is it possible to
convert this to a font that can be installed on Windows? I found a
site that says it converts it (convertio.co), but I am suspicious of
free sites like that.
Regards
Rob
did you solve your problem ?
Either way doing RTFM - .pfm is binary encoded .afm.
I did a simple drawing with the font in a ps and exported to pdf.
11:43 a.m.
No I didn't. I did a little bit of searching but didn't find anything
except the convertio.co site, which I am reluctant to try unless someone
knows it to be safe. If anyone knows of a way to get this to a TrueType
font that would be nice. I know so little about fonts, I wonder if there is
a way to manually convert it to TrueType, are there any free tools for
creating fonts?
Regard
What true type font is closest?
Bill
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