Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 at 22:47:32, Dilwyn Jones wrote: (ref: 005f01c1536c$b2c65400$29065cc3@default) Unlikely, common misconception, Gaelic (Irish or Scot) is nothing like Welsh apart from a very few 'core' words. Ok, I stand/sit corrected. I remember you saysing that you could 'easily' understand some other language, but if I remember correctly now,. it was (probably) German. Of the Celtic languages, Cornish and Breton are closest to Welsh. Scots Gaelic and Manx are derived from Irish. So how do I get back on topic now??? Maybe we could persuade you to write a Welsh QL rom (8-)# -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:257/67) +44(0)1442-828255 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.firshman.demon.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
Unlikely, common misconception, Gaelic (Irish or Scot) is nothing like Welsh apart from a very few 'core' words. Ok, I stand/sit corrected. I remember you saysing that you could 'easily' understand some other language, but if I remember correctly now,. it was (probably) German. Of the Celtic languages, Cornish and Breton are closest to Welsh. Scots Gaelic and Manx are derived from Irish. So how do I get back on topic now??? -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
Sorry Malcolm, missed this email. The Irish is:- duighann tu an iasc, bith me an la; teachainn tu an iascaigh, bith me an la agus la eile. (there is no lifetime in irish, it translates as for days and days to come or forever) Darren Branagh, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6176368 (Direct Line)Fax: 01-6176034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Malcolm Cadman [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] o.uk cc: Sent by:Subject: Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro owner-ql-users@n(OT) vg.ntnu.no 04/10/2001 20:21 Please respond to ql-users In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Dent Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In a region of the universe visited by my cousin Arthur (while hitchhiking), they had a saying which went something like: Stick a Babel fish in a man's printer and it'll go on translating fonts to Prowess for the rest of its life Of course it may have lost some meaning in the translation ;-) Jon. (Dent) Umm ... nice message :-) I was wondering about your cousin Arthur ... From: Darren.Branagh We have the saying - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Sounds better in the Irish language though!! So, what is the Irish then ? -- Malcolm Cadman This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Sorry Malcolm, missed this email. The Irish is:- duighann tu an iasc, bith me an la; teachainn tu an iascaigh, bith me an la agus la eile. (there is no lifetime in irish, it translates as for days and days to come or forever) We have the saying - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Sounds better in the Irish language though!! So, what is the Irish then ? -- Malcolm Cadman OK ... now I believe that you speak Irish too, as well QL :-) -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
At 08:30 ìì 8/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: The Irish is:- duighann tu an iasc, bith me an la; teachainn tu an iascaigh, bith me an la agus la eile. (there is no lifetime in irish, it translates as for days and days to come or forever) In Welsh it would be something like: Rhowch bysgodyn, bwydwch am ddiwrnod; Dysgwch i bysgota, bwydwch am oes. Since you tempted me, here's the same in the world famous Sinclair QL dialect: IPC Sixtyeightzerozeroeight, CTLunderscoreOne Microdrive quickanddirtyoperatingsystem, onetwentyeightkram minerva. (The last word is non native QL) Phoebus ;-)
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
On 3 Oct 2001, at 12:36, Phoebus Dokos wrote: In some of the fonts I converted for Dilwyn for the Prowess Font Collection DO have the Euro Symbol. Apart from that if you want a Specific font (say Arial or similar from Windows) to maintain cross platform look, I could prepare for you. (Mind you NOT a whole lot of them because I am up to my neck with work :-( ) That's awfully nice of you. Perhaps if you told me (privately?) how to make the conversion, I could do it myself... (It's like to old saying :don't give them something to eat, teach them how to fish...) Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
RE: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
Wolfgang wrote : It's like to old saying :don't give them something to eat, teach them how to fish... How about : Giva a man a fish and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a Nintendo/Sony/Gameboy/Sega/QL and he won't bother you for weeks ! (delete as applicable !) Norman. - Norman Dunbar EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Database/Unix administrator Phone: 0113 289 6265 Fax:0113 289 3146 Lynx Financial Systems Ltd. URL:http://www.Lynx-FS.com -
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
We have the saying - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Sounds better in the Irish language though!! Darren Branagh, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6798433 Fax: 01-6176034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wolfgang Lenerz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]cc: Subject: Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro Sent by: owner-ql-users@n vg.ntnu.no 04/10/2001 11:22 Please respond to ql-users On 3 Oct 2001, at 12:36, Phoebus Dokos wrote: In some of the fonts I converted for Dilwyn for the Prowess Font Collection DO have the Euro Symbol. Apart from that if you want a Specific font (say Arial or similar from Windows) to maintain cross platform look, I could prepare for you. (Mind you NOT a whole lot of them because I am up to my neck with work :-( ) That's awfully nice of you. Perhaps if you told me (privately?) how to make the conversion, I could do it myself... (It's like to old saying :don't give them something to eat, teach them how to fish...) Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
RE: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
In a region of the universe visited by my cousin Arthur (while hitchhiking), they had a saying which went something like: Stick a Babel fish in a man's printer and it'll go on translating fonts to Prowess for the rest of its life Of course it may have lost some meaning in the translation ;-) Jon. (Dent) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT) We have the saying - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Sounds better in the Irish language though!! Darren Branagh, Bank Of Ireland Card Services, Nassau House, 33/35 Nassau Street, Dublin 2. Tel: 01-6798433 Fax: 01-6176034 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wolfgang Lenerz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]cc: Subject: Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro Sent by: owner-ql-users@n vg.ntnu.no 04/10/2001 11:22 Please respond to ql-users On 3 Oct 2001, at 12:36, Phoebus Dokos wrote: In some of the fonts I converted for Dilwyn for the Prowess Font Collection DO have the Euro Symbol. Apart from that if you want a Specific font (say Arial or similar from Windows) to maintain cross platform look, I could prepare for you. (Mind you NOT a whole lot of them because I am up to my neck with work :-( ) That's awfully nice of you. Perhaps if you told me (privately?) how to make the conversion, I could do it myself... (It's like to old saying :don't give them something to eat, teach them how to fish...) Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us immediately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete this E-mail from your system. Thank you. It is possible for data transmitted by email to be deliberately or accidentally corrupted or intercepted. For this reason, where the communication is by email, the Bank of Ireland Group does not accept any responsibility for any breach of confidence which may arise through the use of this medium. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of known computer viruses.
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
Hi Phoebus, That is very kind of you. But now I know there are some in Dilwyn's ProWesS font(s) Collection, I 'll buy his CDrom at the next QL-meeting in Eindhoven in November(if it is available,of course). Thanks anyway for the help. François Van Emelen Phoebus Dokos wrote: At 05:56 ìì 1/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I have never seen the Euro symbol in the fonts accompagning Prowess and I can find it in the Prowess fontPack either. I'm afraid there is no Prowess font editor around. François Van Emelen Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com In some of the fonts I converted for Dilwyn for the Prowess Font Collection DO have the Euro Symbol. Apart from that if you want a Specific font (say Arial or similar from Windows) to maintain cross platform look, I could prepare for you. (Mind you NOT a whole lot of them because I am up to my neck with work :-( ) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
That is very kind of you. But now I know there are some in Dilwyn's ProWesS font(s) Collection, I 'll buy his CDrom at the next QL-meeting in Eindhoven in November(if it is available,of course). Thanks anyway for the help. Phoebus - I still haven't finished this CD, but if you can tell me which fonts have Euro symbols I can perhaps plonk a few of them onto my website for download as an interim measure. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro (OT)
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Dent Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes In a region of the universe visited by my cousin Arthur (while hitchhiking), they had a saying which went something like: Stick a Babel fish in a man's printer and it'll go on translating fonts to Prowess for the rest of its life Of course it may have lost some meaning in the translation ;-) Jon. (Dent) Umm ... nice message :-) I was wondering about your cousin Arthur ... From: Darren.Branagh We have the saying - Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime. Sounds better in the Irish language though!! So, what is the Irish then ? -- Malcolm Cadman
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
At 06:22 ìì 4/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: That is very kind of you. But now I know there are some in Dilwyn's ProWesS font(s) Collection, I 'll buy his CDrom at the next QL-meeting in Eindhoven in November(if it is available,of course). Thanks anyway for the help. Phoebus - I still haven't finished this CD, but if you can tell me which fonts have Euro symbols I can perhaps plonk a few of them onto my website for download as an interim measure. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html Ut oh I honestly can't remember Dilwyn... I added the Euro in SOME of them (very few) but I can't remember which... Why don't I convert some of the standard Win/Mac fonts and send them to you (I now brought back the PFB2PFF from Greece so I can do it myself)... If I try to find them it's like finding a needle in a haystack. (Another universal saying although us Greeks say: Flea in Haystack :-) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
At 05:56 ìì 1/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: Hi Wolfgang, I have never seen the Euro symbol in the fonts accompagning Prowess and I can find it in the Prowess fontPack either. I'm afraid there is no Prowess font editor around. François Van Emelen Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com In some of the fonts I converted for Dilwyn for the Prowess Font Collection DO have the Euro Symbol. Apart from that if you want a Specific font (say Arial or similar from Windows) to maintain cross platform look, I could prepare for you. (Mind you NOT a whole lot of them because I am up to my neck with work :-( ) Phoebus
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
Hi Wolfgang, I have never seen the Euro symbol in the fonts accompagning Prowess and I can find it in the Prowess fontPack either. I'm afraid there is no Prowess font editor around. François Van Emelen Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
Re: [ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
I have never seen the Euro symbol in the fonts accompagning Prowess and I can find it in the Prowess fontPack either. I'm afraid there is no Prowess font editor around. François Van Emelen Wolfgang Lenerz wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang If you can find a suitable Adobe Type 1 font (.pfb/.pfm) I have the PFB2PFF package to try converting one to Proforma/Prowess format to see what happens. There never was an editor for the fonts as far as I know, all the original Line Design fonts for example were converted from ATM/Type 1 fonts. -- Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soft.net.uk/dj/index.html
[ql-users] Re: Prowess and euro
Hi all, Does anybody know of any Prowess font that have th euro symbol? If not, is there a font editor around? Wolfgang - www.wlenerz.com
