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From: me@tartufo.pcs.com (Michael Elbel)
Subject: Re: Want a Greater Variety of DEC Terminal Fonts on My Non-DEC Workstation
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1993 15:16:05 GMT
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In <1993Aug18.125646.8858@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> kleinsorge@star.enet.dec.com (Fred Kleinsorge) writes:
>Jym Dyer <jym@remarque.berkeley.edu> writes:
>| But y'know what?  I'm not wild about the
>| "one size fits all" strategy for the terminal fonts.
>| Is there any legal way to get
>| more fonts on my workstation?  In particular, smaller
>| ones?

>Having created a couple of DECterm terminal fonts for my own use, I can
>tell you it is not an easy task.

>In any case, just create some BDF fixed pitch fonts and compile them
>for you server and point to them.  The simplest hack is to simply alias
>their names to the DECterm font names.  Alternatively, you can hack the
>resource file for the terminal to change the font name for the Big and
>Little fonts.

>You can also go to a foundry like Bitstream who created several of the
>DECterm fonts.

Would there be legal problems if I went ahead and just *used* the original
DEC fonts on my workstation? I just tried it out:
NFS-mount /usr/lib/X11/fonts/decwin from one of the Ultrix or OSF boxes onto
my MIPS Magnum running R5,
xset fp+ <mounted-directory>/100dpi,<mounted-directory>/75dpi,
voila, all the fonts I need to at least run the default decterm modes.
Does the license to use the application also imply the license to use
the respective fonts?

Michael

Disclaimer: I don't speak for DEC, obviously, I'm only posting from within
	    the DEC domain. In fact, I'm not even sure If I speak for myself.
Michael Elbel, Digital-PCS GmbH, Muenchen, Germany - me@dude.pcs.dec.com
Intelligenz is sowieso nur wat fuer Doofe - Mia
Fermentation fault (coors dumped)