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authorNorbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900
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+\font\ran=ransom10
+\hsize 6in
+\overfullrule = 0pt
+\ran
+Ages ago in the first demo I did for AMS, one of the examples
+simulated an "Eastern European mathematician with an old typewriter".
+I decided to resuscitate that font --- it's hilarious --- before SAIL
+goes away. The relevant binary files are RANSOM.TFM and RANSOM.300.
+When you use this font, the effect is like a wonderful old typewriter
+with bent keys and some filled-in letters etc.... perfect for writing
+ransom notes....
+
+I don't know the provenance of this font, but somebody brought it to
+SAIL about 1978. I converted it to GF format using a program that
+Art Samuel wrote.
+\rightline{D. E. Knuth}
+(extract from an E-Mail message)
+
+\bye \ No newline at end of file