Re: Seeking overstrike bitmap fonts to emulate Teletype
From Tim Shoppa <sho...@trailing-edge.com>
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· 21 Sep 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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Joe Morris wrote: > You could choose between: > > slashed zero > slashed letter "O" > neither of the above (the letter "O" was clearly squared and > the digit 0 was clearly rounded and horizontally compressed) > > ...*please*: let's not start the "slash wars" thread again. I won't, but I will point out that most of the mid-to-late-70's printer drivers allowed the user to select a "0"<->"O" swap :-) Let's not forget the "up-arrow" and "right-arrow" characters, either... > But back on the font option question: was there ever a "weather font" > option for the TTY33? The Weather Bureau and the aviation community > continued to use TTY28 machines (re-geared to run at 100 wpm) until > they were replaced by video terminals...or at least I never saw a > TTY33 or TTY35 in either service. AFAIK the dependence on baudot is what prevented the weather font from appearing on the 33/35's. Tim.
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