Update 3270 terminal font
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A little bit of history
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This font is derived from the x3270 font, which, in turn, was translated
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from the one in Georgia Tech's 3270tool, which was itself hand-copied
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from a 3270 terminal. I built it because I felt terminals deserve to be
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pretty. The .sfd font file contains a x3270 bitmap font that was used
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for guidance.
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This font is derived from the x3270 font, which, in turn, was
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translated from the one in Georgia Tech's 3270tool, which was itself
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hand-copied from a 3270 series terminal. I built it because I felt
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terminals deserve to be pretty. The .sfd font file contains a x3270
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bitmap font that was used for guidance.
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![Using with the cool-old-tern (now cool-retro-term) terminal program]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cool-retro-term.png)
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@@ -21,13 +23,19 @@ Getting it
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If you are running Debian or Ubuntu and you don't want to mess with
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building your font files, you can simply `apt-get install
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fonts-3270`. It'll most likely not the latest version, with all new
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glyphs I add from time to time, but it's good enough for most
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purposes. For those who don't have the luxury of a proper system-managed
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package, Adobe Type 1, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions are available for
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download on http://s3.amazonaws.com/rbanffy/3270_fonts_14e43fc.zip
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(although this URL may not always reflect the latest version).
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building your font files, you can simply `apt-get install fonts-3270`
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(It's available from the Debian and Ubuntu package repos at
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https://packages.debian.org/sid/fonts/fonts-3270 and
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http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/fonts/fonts-3270, although the
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packaged version may not be the latest version, but it's good enough for
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most purposes. For those who don't have the luxury of a proper
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system-managed package, Adobe Type 1, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions are
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available for download on
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http://s3.amazonaws.com/3270font/3270_fonts_ef53755.zip (although this
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URL may not always reflect the latest version).
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![ASCII is so 60's]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cyrillic.png)
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The format
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@@ -65,6 +73,9 @@ slightly more condensed .sfd file with the base font narrowed to 488
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units, with no glyph rescaling (or cropping - we need to fix that) and
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its corresponding PostScript, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions.
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![For your favorite editor]
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(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/symbols.png)
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Contributing
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------------
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@@ -78,23 +89,12 @@ it. Check if the `git diff` command gives out something sensible (does
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not change things you didn't intend to) and make a pull request. If, in
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doubt, get in touch and we will figure out how to do it right.
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Preserving history
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------------------
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I regard the evolution of electronic computing a very important part of
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our civilization's history. Consider donating to entities that help
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preserve it, such as the Computer History Museum
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(http://www.computerhistory.org/), the IT History Society
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(http://ithistory.org/) and many others around the world. If you have a
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historically significant piece of technology in your closet or garage,
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consider contacting a local technology or industrial-design-oriented
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museum for advice.
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Known problems
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Not all symbols in the 3270 charset have Unicode counterparts. When
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possible, they are duplicated in the Unicode space. The 3270-only
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symbols are at the end of the font.
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symbols are at the end of the font, along with some glyphs useful for
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building others.
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Please refer to http://x3270.bgp.nu/Charset.html for a complete map.
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