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Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #1 Posted by Mike (Stgt) on 6 Mar 2012, 8:50 a.m. Anybody here who has digitized the charset of the HP7470A pen plotter? I could use it. Ciao.....Mike

Re: Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #2 Posted by Thomas Chrapkiewicz on 6 Mar 2012, 9:20 p.m., in response to message #1 by Mike (Stgt) Do you mean scan in (to a .pdf or .jpg) the plotted character images? I don't think I have access to the 7470, but do have 7475 and 7550. TomC

Re: Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #3 Posted by Mike (Stgt) on 7 Mar 2012, 4:02 a.m., in response to message #2 by Thomas Chrapkiewicz IIRC the charset is shown in the plotter manual but is too small for digitizing it. My aim is a plotter simulation as close as possible to the real HP7470A. The simulators I currently know do not respect slant angles for labels. With my question here I just want to avoid searching the real plotter, find pens which draw, program a 'plot charset in sufficent size to digitize it', and digitize it for future use in simulators. Ciao.....Mike

Re: Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #4 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 6 Mar 2012, 10:07 p.m., in response to message #1 by Mike (Stgt) Hi. Do you have a picture showing the characters? A link? I believe at the time the 7470A was introduced, plotters had a set of available characters that might be chosen from the main program or equipment. Is that correct? If so, chances are it is not hard to create a TTF set for them. Cheers. Luiz (Brazil)

Re: Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #5 Posted by Mike (Stgt) on 7 Mar 2012, 4:05 a.m., in response to message #4 by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) My goal is not a TTF, just vectors/matrix would do. Ciao.....Mike

Re: Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #6 Posted by Thomas Chrapkiewicz on 8 Mar 2012, 10:26 p.m., in response to message #5 by Mike (Stgt) If you would like some plotted out, drop me an email. TomC

Re: Digitized Fonts Of HP7470a? Message #7 Posted by Mike (Stgt) on 9 Mar 2012, 6:17 a.m., in response to message #6 by Thomas Chrapkiewicz Thank you for your offer, got it digitized by private mail. :) TNX.....Mike

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