On 4/30/21 5:11 AM, Michael Knigge wrote:
I've worked with PCOM, RUMBA, Nexus and Vista tn3270.... And I felt
in love with Vista tn3270.. Why?! You might roll your eyes, but it's
the font.
No, I don't roll my eyes at that.
I /was/ going to say that's one of the /little/ creature features that
make a worthwhile difference. Except I changed my mind part way through
typing creature as I realized that the font is one of the things that we
will spend hours a day actually interacting with. Many of the other
creature features; script ability, screen dump, etc, all impact our
day-to-day, hour-to-hour, minute-to-minute /use/ of something much less
than a font. Or said another way, the font is something that our brain
will be processing and translating from a visual representation to
something we cognitively understand. So if there is something that can
be done to make it easier for our brain to do when it does that hundreds
if not thousands of times a day, that's a big win to me.
The Microsoft commercial where one IT guy stops another IT guy who is
wondering around with dumbfounded look on his face looking at a nickle,
and asks what's wrong comes to mind. Then the 2nd IT guy tells the 1st
IT guy that they are saving a nickle /per/ /transaction/ and hands the
nickle to the 1st IT guy and walks off. Then the 1st IT guy starts
wondering around with an equally dumbfounded look on his face while
making a comment "we process hundreds of thousands of transactions a day".
I say this because even the smallest change; cost reduction,
simplification, efficiency gain, in something that happens a LOT ends up
having a profound impact. If that happens to be using a font that is
easier for our brains to process, then by all means, so be it.
I loved it so much - I've "extracted" the font and use it also with
my SPF/SE editor.... Still love it since over 10 years (I guess)....
Nice.
I wonder if the font is available somewhere legally / with license
elsewhere /or/ if it's /exclusive/ to the Vista tn3270. If it's not
available independent of Vista tn3270, then you may need a license of
Vista tn3270 to legally use the font in a different terminal emulator or
program on the system.
So, now I wonder if there is a different terminal emulator that does
something else better than Vista tn3270 that could use the font from
Vista tn3270 and make a superior hybrid solution.
Aside: I know of Vista tn3270, but I have no idea how it's licensed.
--
Grant. . . .
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