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Old 09-03-2012, 05:13 PM   #1
BuckNekkid
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Question How do I build a new Font and have it work on a printer?


Howdy, from the Radio Ranch!

I'm interested in building a new font and font table(?) that will
print out on a printer (dot-matrix or laser). I don't really know
how to "program" so it would have to be simple and fast. I'd
like to give you one of the characters, but if I could do that, I
could do the rest. I alwo need to know how to increase
the font size on the printer from 8 to 48.

I've looked at some of the font sites and didn't find what I was
looking for, so I thought I'd ask here.

The computer is a Dell 2400 series with 768 gigs of RAM.
I don't have a modern printer, I'll have to buy one that would
do the job. Currently, I have an old Okidata 82A, LOL!

"Hard work never killed anyone, but it didn't say how many
it disabled or crippled up."

Buck
 
Old 09-03-2012, 09:14 PM   #2
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use fontforge

http://fontforge.org/editexample.html


There are other TeX related ways.
 
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