Download fonts for 24-pin dot-matrix printers
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This folder contains some 7-bit fonts  that contain character sets  required
by IdeaList.  You will find the settings  needed for these download fonts in
the printer adaptation (driver) files DOLO_EXS.IXA and EPSON_LQ.IXA.     
(cpi = chars per inch; lpi = lines per inch)

SCRPT12LE.F24:   "Script";   Calligraphic font that looks good in both Elite 
(12 cpi) as well as Elite Condensed (20 cpi); Line spacing: 6 lpi.

FAST17DR.F24:   Draft font;  should always be used as either  Pica Condensed 
(17 cpi) or Elite Condensed (20  cpi);   Draft-download Elite  will not work 
with all printers!); Line spacing: 10 lpi.

TWEN20LE.F24:   Calligraphic font;  should be used always as Elite Condensed 
(20cpi); Line spacing: 9 lpi.

TEFO24PR.F24:  Pseudo-proportional font (all characters have the same width) 
at 24cpi; Line spacing: 11.25 lpi (16/180") or 12 lpi.

NANO30PR.F24:  The legendary pseudo-proportional font at 30 cpi;  known from 
the oldest IdeaList versions; Line spacing: 15 lpi.

WARNING: Some printers (e.g. NEC P6..) will only print download fonts in the 
size at which the font was created, as well as Condensed. Since all the non- 
proportional fonts here were designed on a Pica raster, such printers cannot
produce 12cpi or 20 cpi printing. In such cases you must reduce the value of
CHARACTERS/INCH in the adaptation correspondingly!

Furthermore, with some printers  (e.g. KXP-1123 with RAM card...)  the Space 
character  (ASCII-32)  cannot be re-defined, which is fatal for the  pseudo-
proportional fonts  (the non-proportional fonts  included in this folder  do 
not re-define the Space character and do not cause any problems therefore!).
Despite this  there is a trick that can overcome the problem!  The  relevant
adaptation file is available on request from the author.

If you have created your own download fonts in a format that is suitable for 
IdeaList (-> MANUAL.TXT, Appendix B) then please send me a copy. When I have
collected a sufficient number of fonts, you will get your disk back, filled.
Isn't that something worth while?

Christoph Bartholme
