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Hi, & my apologies for the slow reply; I've been away on holiday, and will be away again until next week. :) > Eckhard, I had another look at your font page. So far, I > can't understand how it is supposed to work. For example, when I look at the > Viking style A (it's nice to see how it looks when woven, thank you), I > see the shape of the letter A created by the Fs on a background of Bs. I > don't see the turning pattern FFBB which is required to get the > double-faced weave. Are you only trying to show the shape of the letters and not the > actual turning pattern? Maybe I'm trying to read something that isn't there. Ooops, I believe I was talking complete and utter nonsense in my previous mail. I got myself mixed up; this just goes to show that documentation shouldn't be put off, no matter how much we programmers loathe doing it... Ok, I *think* this is the correct version, but since you've poked holes in my statement once I wouldn't be surprised if I slipped up again. :) The F and B in the pattern file don't stand for forwards/backwards but rather for foreground and background weft, which is of course why you can see the shape of the letter. (What I said previously about it being a toss-up between this format and the actual turning pattern still holds, except that the toss-up actually came out the other way...) The turning pattern must be inferred from this, or of course GTT can do it for you. I think I did this with the hazy notion that it would be easier to generate the necessary file format from another program by simply converting a bitmap pattern to Fs and Bs (which is actually what GTT does, internally). I have to admit that F/B weren't the cleverest abbreviations to come up with, though! > I have been thinking that the tablets could be arranged in > any of the above three ways. They will look different when woven. I was not > planning to specify tablet arrangement in my book, but to just show some > examples of the difference between all threaded in one direction and > alternately-threaded tablets. Generally I prefer alternately-threaded > because I like the surface texture and the tablets are easier to turn. Yes, I noticed that. I think my fonts are somewhat sloppy really, I did them fairly quickly and the serifs etc are not quite the same everywhere. Some day I'll go over them and fix them up a bit. Ok, I have to go and enjoy my holiday a bit more now. :) Cheers, Eckhard. Eckhard Gartz AFA Systems - Investment Software Solutions Tel: +27 (0)21-799 9822 Fax: +27 (0)21-799 9900 http://www.afa-systems.co.za http://www.afa-systems.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 the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** Send private reply to Eckhard Gartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
