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Updated 3278 font and associated files

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Ricardo Bánffy
2017-10-25 22:08:23 +01:00
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@@ -16,26 +16,28 @@ hand-copied from a 3270 series terminal. I built it because I felt
terminals deserve to be pretty. The .sfd font file contains a x3270
bitmap font that was used for guidance.
![Using with the cool-old-tern (now cool-retro-term) terminal program]
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cool-retro-term.png)
![Using with the cool-old-tern (now cool-retro-term) terminal program](
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cool-retro-term.png)
Getting it
----------
If you are running Debian or Ubuntu and you don't want to mess with
building your font files, you can simply `apt-get install fonts-3270`
(It's available from the Debian and Ubuntu package repos at
(It's available from the Debian
(https://packages.debian.org/sid/fonts/fonts-3270) and Ubuntu
(http://packages.ubuntu.com/zesty/fonts-3270) package repos at
https://packages.debian.org/sid/fonts/fonts-3270 and
http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/fonts/fonts-3270, although the
packaged version may not be the latest version, but it's good enough for
most purposes. For those who don't have the luxury of a proper
system-managed package, Adobe Type 1, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions are
available for download on
http://s3.amazonaws.com/3270font/3270_fonts_ef53755.zip (although this
http://s3.amazonaws.com/3270font/3270_fonts_d250fd9.zip (although this
URL may not always reflect the latest version).
![ASCII is so 60's]
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cyrillic.png)
![ASCII is so 60's](
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/cyrillic.png)
The format
----------
@@ -47,18 +49,17 @@ fontforge` or even `port install fontforge`. On others, you may need to
grab your copy from http://fontforge.org/. I encourage you to drop by
and read the tutorials.
![Powerline-shell compatible!]
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/powerline.png)
![Powerline-shell compatible!](
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/powerline.png)
![Using it on OSX (don't forget to turn antialiasing on)]
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/osx_terminal.png)
![Using it on OSX (don't forget to turn antialiasing on)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/osx_terminal.png)
If you are running Windows, you'll probably need something like
Cygwin, but, in the end, the font works correctly (with some very
minor hinting issues).
![Works on Windows]
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/windows_7.png)
![Works on Windows](
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/windows_7.png)
Generating usable font files
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@@ -73,8 +74,8 @@ slightly more condensed .sfd file with the base font narrowed to 488
units, with no glyph rescaling (or cropping - we need to fix that) and
its corresponding PostScript, TTF, OTF and WOFF versions.
![For your favorite editor]
(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/symbols.png)
![For your favorite editor](
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wiki/rbanffy/3270font/symbols.png)
Contributing
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