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getting Hershey fonts (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey_fonts) working in my stack so I can plot with them, and it's quite something to be using software where the readme has a UUCP path if you want to get in touch with the authorPermalink Look on archive.org
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(UUCP = a way of addressing email from before domain names were a thing. also the UUCP path was for the guy who took the original files and converted them to a newer format, not even the mysterious Dr A V Hershey who designed the font...)Permalink Look on archive.org
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here is a beautiful PDF, showing the original publication of the font in tables of co-ordinates, sample pages, and a font book scruss.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/tables_of_coordinates_for_hersheys_repertory_of_occidental_type_fonts-wolcott_and_hilsenrath.pdfPermalink Look on archive.org
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the first emoji??Look on archive.org
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honestly, for the first ever vector fonts... and especially given that these are done without any curves... we started out on a typographic highPermalink Look on archive.org
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the ergonomic way to display text on a computer screenPermalink Look on archive.org
