Dear Font Experts,
I have now downloaded the 'JSL Ancient Fonts from the Internet.
A quick try shows that they are just great. Admittedly they are a
little ragged, but that is probably what their creator, Jeff Lee,
wanted to do. He is trying to re-create old fonts, isn't he
sundial-font the program FCP3 which can be found at www.high-logic.com
Thibaud
At 14-11-2000 19:21 +, you wrote:
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Dear Font Experts,
I have now downloaded the 'JSL Ancient Fonts from the Internet.
A quick try shows
a slightly
hand-drawn feel.
Dave Bell suggested http://www.fontcraft.com/scriptorium which is a
commercial font house. They have hundreds of fonts, and I am currently
contacting them to find which are the most suitable.
I hope this helps - please let us all know if anything else appears
John asked:
Does anyone know of a good source for computer fonts (preferably
Windows-compatible) of antique characters
Adding to John's request, can anyone give me details (name, source of
download) of the British public sign font, used for most of the offical
signs in public places - the one
Steve Lelievre wrote
Adding to John's request, can anyone give me details (name, source of
download) of the British public sign font, used for most of the offical
signs in public places - the one that you see in airports, railway stations,
road signs etc., which is designed to be very easy to
On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, John Davis wrote:
Does anyone know of a good source for computer fonts (preferably
Windows-compatible) of antique characters?
There are many sites with free- or share-ware fonts available. One that
offers a few free sets, and has a LOT of quality fonts and graphics
Hi all,
Does anyone know of a good source for computer fonts
(preferably Windows-compatible) of antique characters? Old hand-engraved
dials had a very particular style which it is difficult to replicate with modern
fonts. For example, the figure "8" was often flat-topped, as
Hi Steve,
I just printed out your scadd sundial. It's nice.
Regarding the topic of getting fonts to print out the way you want them
to, PostScript has a command that turns a charcater to a just another
path. It should be possible to do that and then turn it into dxf.
Then it should be possible
John,
The gnomon on your dial is a verticale pin at the center of the cross,
and half as tall as the cross, right?
Not sure which case you mean. In the polar-axis case, you're making a
Horizontal Dial. The gnomon climbs at an angle from the centre of the dial
(the centre of the cross). It you
