From: bart@netcom.com (Harry Bartholomew)
To: wd803@freenet.victoria.bc.ca (Jonathon Blake)
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-19 08:39:17 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 01:39:17 PDT
From: bart@netcom.com (Harry Bartholomew)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 95 01:39:17 PDT
To: wd803@freenet.victoria.bc.ca (Jonathon Blake)
Subject: Re: Automatic Rant generator
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Jonathan Blake wrote:
>
> Actually, True Type fonts of your handwriting are available,
> for any platform that accepts that font type. I don't have
> the URL for them, but there is a pointer to it at
> HTTP://www.ntu.ac.sg/~tjlow/gclub.html
The URL itself is:
Turning Personal handwriting into TrueTypeFont
(http://execpc.com/~adw/).
It includes an interesting .gif file of the producer's handiwork,
but alas such a font costs $99.
>
> Using it would play hell for handwriting analysts, though.
> And if it was programmed to change the pen pressure as well
> --- the possibilities are staggering. Can a pen plotter
> change pressure?
>
Uh, no one can't change pen pressure, but I think it can be
mimicked. If the effect one seeks of changing pen pressure is
to vary the line width or ink deposited onto the paper then
varying speed, and/or overwriting with or without offset can
achieve interesting effects. If I recall correctly, the HP
pen position is addressable to 0.001" resolution, (though not
accuracy.) I recall creating some nice effects with multiple
pen colors offset by a few mils in x and y.
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