Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Adam Borowski <[email protected]>
* Package name : 3270font (fonts-3270) Version : 1.1 Upstream Author : Ricardo Bánffy <[email protected]> * URL : https://github.com/rbanffy/3270font * License : BSD3 Programming Lang: fontforge .sfd Description : monospaced font based on IBM 3270 terminals This font is derived from the x3270 font, which, in turn, was translated from the one in Georgia Tech's 3270tool, which was itself hand-copied from a 3270 terminal. . While looking reasonably close to its bitmap ancestors, this is a vector font that looks good at any size. Its recommended use is, obviously, a text terminal, same as nearly half a century ago. There's a bitmap version in the archive already: (xfonts-x3270-misc, non-free), although PCF fonts are not configured by default for use with any toolkits from this millenium. Ricardo Bánffy's version is free, works with modern technology, and has a number of improvements. The conversion from bitmap used an eight-direction algorithm rather than the usual squares, fitting the font's design (lots of diagonals). There's also a number of manual tweaks after that. This package is a dependency of cool-retro-term, although a terminal font has no lack of usefullness on its own. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
