From: Ben Harris Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 21:17:06 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Mention stroked fonts on Web page (with a sample). X-Git-Tag: bedstead-002.000~18 X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~bjharris/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=665a6dc28b37346c9a564b87915170a2397d0be1;p=bedstead.git Mention stroked fonts on Web page (with a sample). --- diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index ad1bdad..df726aa 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ all: $(DISTFILES) \ .PHONY: experimental experimental: bedstead-chiseltip.otf bedstead-plotter-thin.otf \ bedstead-plotter-light.otf bedstead-plotter-medium.otf \ - bedstead-plotter-bold.otf + bedstead-plotter-bold.otf plotter.png bedstead.sfd: bedstead ./bedstead > bedstead.sfd diff --git a/index.xhtml b/index.xhtml index 112976a..7ca045f 100644 --- a/index.xhtml +++ b/index.xhtml @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@

Bedstead is an outline font based on the characters produced by the +

Bedstead is a family of outline fonts based on the characters + produced by the Mullard SAA5050 series of Teletext Character Generators. The SAA5050 is familiar to those of a certain age as the chip that produced the MODE 7 display on the BBC @@ -53,6 +54,19 @@ is used by ZVBI.

Stroked fonts

In addition to the outline fonts described above, there are + some others that use a slightly different approach. + These use the smoothing algorithm to construct a skeleton of + each glyph, and then stroke that skeleton using a variety of + pens.

The Bedstead Plotter family consists of fonts stroked with + a round nib, while Bedstead Chiseltip is the surprisingly + calligraphic consequence of stroking the skeleton with a + tilted rectangle.

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[ Stroked fonts ]

Copyright

The program that generates Bedstead and all of the newly-designed glyphs have been released into the public domain.