Utility Programs for Generating the Hershey Character Fonts on Microcomputers and Laboratory Plotters (Classic Reprint) - Brossura

Dick, C. E.

 
9780483414365: Utility Programs for Generating the Hershey Character Fonts on Microcomputers and Laboratory Plotters (Classic Reprint)
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ISBN 10: 0483414360 ISBN 13: 9780483414365
Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Discover how to generate classic Hershey character fonts for microcomputers and plotters. This practical guide shows the utilities and workflows used to create, modify, and display scalable type on early computer systems. It explains how fonts are organized, loaded, and rendered, with real examples and archived routines that powered typography on hardware from the era.

Whether you’re curious about computer typography history or building hands-on graphics tools, this book offers concrete steps and approachable descriptions. It covers the process of converting Hershey font data into usable character sets, organizing fonts into subsets, and using simple programs to input, edit, and display characters. The material includes notable utilities and examples that illustrate how fonts were managed on systems like the Apple II.




  • How Hershey fonts are represented and displayed on early hardware

  • What goes into creating and editing a font file, including practical workflows

  • Examples of utilities such as Candy Apple and Candy Wrapper and how they fit into font workflows

  • Structure of 32-character font segments and various font families (math, carto, index, simplex, Gothic, script)



Ideal for readers of computer graphics history and practical typography work, this edition provides a clear look at the tools that made digital type possible in the early days of personal computing.

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Editore
Forgotten Books
Data di pubblicazione
2018
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0483414360
ISBN 13 
9780483414365
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Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
56
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9789333193368: Utility programs for generating the hershey character fonts on microcomputers and laboratory plotters [Hardcover]

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ISBN 10:  9333193367 ISBN 13:  9789333193368
Casa editrice: Isha Books, 2013
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