[GreenKeys] Fwd: Teletype Font Development

[Don Robert House]

>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Teletype font
>Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:06:31 -0500
>From: Eric Scace K3NA <eric@k3na.org>
>Reply-To: eric@k3na.org
>
>Hi folks --
>
>    Surely there must be some old time Teletype machine operators out 
>there (like me - hi!)
>
>    I am working on a little spare time project to create a clean 
>reproduction of the original Teletype Corporation characters used
>on Model 28, 33 and 35 printers.  There will be some adjustments to 
>add clarity on computer screens with their pixel structure.
>This will be a high-quality font with all the proper hinting and 
>other subtle details needed to make an excellent screen and
>printing font.  The result will be made available for use in 
>WriteLog wherever a fixed-spacing font is desired.
>
>    To complete the character set, I need actual copies of Teletype 
>printed text from those old machines.  A reasonably high
>resolution scanner image should be fine.  These will be used to 
>develop the initial character forms.
>
>    I have access to printouts from a Model 28 typebox containing the 
>conventional character set:
>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890 .,;:"'/?()*&%$#@!-
>
>    I am looking to add:
>-- meteorological symbols, from the typebox used by the FAA and US 
>Weather Bureau.
>-- commercial symbols (fractions, mostly) that were used on some 
>Western Union machines; e.g., for stock data on news wires.
>-- additional symbols contained on a Model 33 or 35 ASCII printers.
>
>    Thanks for any assistance.
>
>73,
>    -- Eric K3NA
>
    P.S..:  I have done a Google search for this data but have not 
found an adequate result.  There were a couple of close ones, but 
each has their individual problems: no slashed zero, not properly 
aligned, incorrect shaping, inadequate hinting, missing characters in 
the set, etc.