From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD51D220DA for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 16:38:28 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2BE140265; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 01:38:18 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com (mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::e2c]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 57FC440262 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2024 01:38:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-xe2c.google.com with SMTP id ada2fe7eead31-4739b6ddc94so357766137.0 for ; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:38:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=dartmouth.edu; s=google1; t=1711208289; x=1711813089; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=l/sVYTo0NR5N1NC/LWoFPZnM2SNtustIip/qAFCRzGg=; b=ZP0L9ZKfXDfwQPw9hmR8IuR+HsiVggWlAPnu5PZt80P7hOpC54PEgWi/nDEjnSchcG D+aaZ2RcL4P4t+KC7Kecce7FLmwX4EC+D5AVEnmNT4ysON0M05ABCbnD3fxgQx5cNZqQ Fn7A4VEwcWnZC7sojmq3pCpkoUP5hCCYOjQv/FH8C2oa978aekTEwoQpIN+kC+xQfBXr L+XwyznsFppKdKIC2Vp1HEQORSqbVyicebdsFcRzgwVH8rZDedQcpPEbNlZD5hUIqadA gd2WJCsYUPcFui0hnVcg5fegh8/BVx0wIyCQjdg3Po64w67bIO+E/4w+8LSsbjqKknlj ZX4Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1711208289; x=1711813089; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=l/sVYTo0NR5N1NC/LWoFPZnM2SNtustIip/qAFCRzGg=; b=PsqmW6yssgQcCqNHX4xXccHCRNnDiqYTNYPjM2Xu2hMUAE1WntGkKbZ0T6LdSWBX+K A4j3xpN7IW6EQGjKfI6i8NbehpKQKJFdGdwux+ez/TPzP8uYYXkBGLb2Ef8/S1CU0CMQ pFN38gwkD7aLRz5gijhnhyNbqFUL1Z8SD2Efcru4j2w1pt2qmkYEiFr9asN5/iicVNPX BmicsMwAsAjHe28m3J6omqlxdBDOSJNK/dZzVJYpHraU6njXQGr69LmaDlMLsDstWswS OgEI0haAO/8ZGiz/f0QZjpSL0+35ULy2TBMWV7yJXyUh6UMs5RK3M5O0ADRrUvVQb/R0 N2fg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxFFDVo+FL4+7naVjnHHjk73lDuZdW9jzL7mNzXKb4TFkP/BGgy LzxHUbTmlLX9NYkZ/O3vtBx/3+3olpQVBApbXaCYDF/goT39xbYs4CRj6y7ftQnkzhjF2N1NGgo FQUPtp4iQnWyTZs3WuH25HFRnp2dYC4uk3nvDWx5p0JoVfBEyyjo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IG1aRtNAsx5wHZ8tb9dfLkrsOwWURwa49UXd4L89KVgqNg7crjv4GnswPE1y2PXw3MMkWv2L5qiJ3UE6vmyidQ= X-Received: by 2002:a67:e952:0:b0:476:e754:1806 with SMTP id p18-20020a67e952000000b00476e7541806mr827481vso.35.1711208287675; Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:38:07 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Douglas McIlroy Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:37:51 -0400 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000001fbf06061455ba43" Message-ID-Hash: 7LOLZKBS74SUYJV375WCQX3U7UH3SYGW X-Message-ID-Hash: 7LOLZKBS74SUYJV375WCQX3U7UH3SYGW X-MailFrom: douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: the Courier font family and nroff history List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --0000000000001fbf06061455ba43 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > "BI" fonts can, it seems, largely be traced to the impact > of PostScript There was no room for BI on the C/A/T. It appeared in troff upon the taming of the Linotron 202, just after v7 and five years before PostScript. > Seventh Edition Unix shipped a tc(1) command to help > you preview your troff output with that device before you > spent precious departmental money sending it to the > actual typesetter. Slight exaggeration. It wasn't money, It was time and messing with film cartridges, chemicals, and wet prints. You could buy a lot of typesetter film and developer for the price of a 4014. Doug --0000000000001fbf06061455ba43 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> "BI" font= s can, it seems, largely be traced to the impact=C2=A0
> of PostScript

There was no room= for BI on the C/A/T. It appeared in
troff upon the taming of the= Linotron 202, just after v7
and five years before PostScript.=C2= =A0

> Seventh Edition U= nix shipped a tc(1) command to help
> you preview = your troff output with that device before you
> sp= ent precious departmental money sending it to the
>= ;=C2=A0 actual typesetter.

Slight = exaggeration. It wasn't money, It was time and messing
with f= ilm cartridges, chemicals, and wet prints. You could buy a
lot of= typesetter=C2=A0film and developer for the price of a 4014.=C2=A0

Doug
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