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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:20:27 -0500
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Subject: Re: [9fans] Visual font viewer
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> err, by 'font files' i mean the files referenced by .font files, not
> the .font files themselves, which are just files containing font files
> :)

i believe the term of art is "subfont".
also "tweak" should be mentioned.

> One might make a script to create a troff file that includes some
> sample text for each font in /lib/font, and make a postscript out of
> it.

this will not work.  screen fonts are
different from troff fonts.

> `page' on each subfont file seems like a lengthy task, unless there's
> some way to include it all in one view.

then write a small program to do this.

- erik