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diff --git a/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/simpsons.doc b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/simpsons.doc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..93fd36c4b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/simpsons.doc @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +The Simpsons Font by Raymond Chen (rjc@math.princeton.edu) + +The main driver is simpsons.mf. Typical usage is + + mf \mode=local_mode; input simpsons + +with the usual additional backwhacks on UNIX systems. + +The characters were obtained from... + +Lisa -- Simpsons Illustrated, Summer 91, cover +Homer -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, cover +Bart -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta +Marge -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta +Burns -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta +Maggie -- Simpsons 1992 calendar, ``Phone pranks'' +SNPP -- Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, Homer's job file + +They were traced and transferred to graph paper, then magnified fourfold. + +The original graph paper was ruled at 1u = 1/4in, whence the units involved. + +Major landmarks tend to be near multiples of 4u. |