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HP41`s display characters: True Type Fonts Message #1 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 8 Jan 2002, 12:37 a.m. Hi, folks; I read Malaga`s post now, and what he wants (who else?) I have already created by using Corel Draw 3 a few years ago (1996). It's a True Type Font that allows ALL CHARACTERS available at the 41`s display to be shown in any Windows application (that uses true-type fonts, of course). I was almost sure this was available elsewhere, so I did not give it (myself) so much credit. Let me know and I`ll gladly send it to those who want. If it is a better solution, I can send it to the HP Museum's guest place and let anyone download it (Dave?!...) Please, note that the font was created as an ordinary font, not a symbol font. I would like to know if there is an easy way to change this status, cause I have also a 10-Series font that I would like being a symbol font, not a character font. Last thing: the font is not perfect at all; I draw the basic 14-segment with dots/periods/commas - a matrix - and save it as a CDR file. All I did was load the matrix back, delete unused segments (for each character) and export the new drawing as a TTF file. This way, all characters maintain the same, equivalent aspect. I am not good keeping measures and proportions, so the characters may appear a bit awkward on the screen, and when printed, they are a bit thin, mostly cause I draw the matrix based on the fullnut display. Nothing that a bold resolution (Word, Wordpad) cannot correct. (I must confess it took me no more than 6-7 hours working to create the font; in fact, it was easier than any of the three 48`s TTF) Forgive-me not posting this before. I thought Malaga`s post was about any subject other than TTF. Cheers.

No e-mails ... Message #2 Posted by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) on 9 Jan 2002, 6:12 a.m., in response to message #1 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) Hi; as a destiny faith, my provider was updated yesterday, January 8th. Since then, all e-mails for me were lost (till now I cannot access my e-box). Please, if any of you asked me for the 41`s fonts, I`d like you e-mailing me again OR post your needs here in this thread (safer). I`m not yet able to read my e-mails, but I was ensured they won`t be lost. Thanks and forgive-me.

Re: No e-mails ... Message #3 Posted by Ernie Malaga on 9 Jan 2002, 7:58 a.m., in response to message #2 by Vieira, Luiz C. (Brazil) Luiz: I sent you an email commenting on the font, and also sending you two graphic files with samples of the fonts I made. I hope you do receive that email; if not, let me know and I'll resend it as soon as you're able once more to get to it. There's one small problem with your font, though: the characters look too tall. Please consider running it through your font editor and reduce their height to, say, 90%. Once again, if anyone knows how to convert Mac TrueType fonts to Windows, please let me know! I'd like to make these fonts available to everyone here. --Ernie

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