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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2019-09-02 13:46:59 +0900 |
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diff --git a/fonts/ransom/origin.tex b/fonts/ransom/origin.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bdb01b3eb1 --- /dev/null +++ b/fonts/ransom/origin.tex @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +\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
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