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    From charles@21:1/5 to Graham Pickles on Mon Jul 12 21:59:33 2021
    In article <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>,
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:
    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    Regards,

    EFF Evenletter, EFF Swiss Monospaced. Both fit your requirements. I don't
    know how you get EFF Fonts these days. I used to drive over to Sunningdale.

    --
    from KT24 in Surrey, England
    "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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  • From Graham Pickles@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 12 21:15:44 2021
    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    Regards,

    --
    Graham Pickles
    Fortune does not change men it unmasks them. (Suzanne Necker)

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  • From John Williams (News)@21:1/5 to Graham Pickles on Mon Jul 12 21:48:41 2021
    In article <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>,
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF.

    I have one called System which seems to be both. It comes in Fixed and
    Medium, but I will leave it to you to check if it's actually monospaced.

    As it's supposed to be a substitute for the actual system System font, I
    would guess it is.

    John

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  • From Jonathan Conner@21:1/5 to Graham Pickles on Tue Jul 13 15:35:28 2021
    In message <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    A search led me to:

    https://archive.org/details/cdrom-riscos-eff

    AFAICS you can download the disc-image of the EFF PD Fonts CD-ROM from
    there.

    Have fun!

    --
    Jonathan Conner (ZFC G) on an iMX6 with RISC OS 5

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  • From Graham Pickles@21:1/5 to charles on Tue Jul 13 16:18:39 2021
    In message <594b0d12d9charles@candehope.me.uk>
    charles <charles@candehope.me.uk> wrote:

    In article <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>,
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:
    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    Regards,

    EFF Evenletter, EFF Swiss Monospaced. Both fit your requirements. I don't >know how you get EFF Fonts these days. I used to drive over to Sunningdale.

    Problem now solved but I must admit I have had great difficulty in
    finding EFF fonts. Thanks though for your advice.

    Regards,

    --
    Graham Pickles
    If you are not criticized you may not be doing much. (Donald H.
    Rumsfeld)

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  • From Graham Pickles@21:1/5 to Jonathan Conner on Tue Jul 13 16:21:30 2021
    In message <0cbf6d4b59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>
    Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:

    In message <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    A search led me to:

    https://archive.org/details/cdrom-riscos-eff

    AFAICS you can download the disc-image of the EFF PD Fonts CD-ROM from
    there.

    Have fun!

    Problem now solved. However thanks for at least pointing me to the
    location of the disc-image of the EFF PD fonts. I had failed to find
    any location for getting EFF fonts. Thanks for your advice/help.

    Regards,

    --
    Graham Pickles
    Money is better than poverty if only for financial reasons. (Woody
    Allen)

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  • From Graham Pickles@21:1/5 to UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk on Tue Jul 13 16:16:00 2021
    In message <594b0c142bUCEbin@tiscali.co.uk>
    "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>,
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF.

    I have one called System which seems to be both. It comes in Fixed and >Medium, but I will leave it to you to check if it's actually monospaced.

    As it's supposed to be a substitute for the actual system System font, I >would guess it is.

    John

    Not sure that System is monospaced. Anyway the problem is now solved.
    Thanks for your efforts.

    Regards,

    --
    Graham Pickles
    Once you prove something it becomes trivial. (Manuel Blum)

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  • From Alan P Dawes@21:1/5 to Jonathan Conner on Wed Jul 14 11:28:19 2021
    In article <0cbf6d4b59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>,
    Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
    In message <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    A search led me to:

    https://archive.org/details/cdrom-riscos-eff

    AFAICS you can download the disc-image of the EFF PD Fonts CD-ROM from
    there.

    Have fun!

    It looks like that is just the CD of Public Domain Fonts that EFF
    converted to RiscOS using their own software and were giving away at one
    of the shows in, I think, 1997. Does anyone know if the high quality
    original fonts that EFF made for RiscOS (also windows, MAC and I think
    LINUX) are still available? I think I've got a CD of some of them them somewhere that I bought at a later show.

    Alan

    --
    alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk
    alan.dawes@riscos.org
    Using an ARMX6

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  • From charles@21:1/5 to Alan P Dawes on Wed Jul 14 11:47:39 2021
    In article <594bdaf46dalan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>,
    Alan P Dawes <alan.dawes@riscos.org> wrote:
    In article <0cbf6d4b59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>,
    Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
    In message <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so far ...

    A search led me to:

    https://archive.org/details/cdrom-riscos-eff

    AFAICS you can download the disc-image of the EFF PD Fonts CD-ROM from there.

    Have fun!

    It looks like that is just the CD of Public Domain Fonts that EFF
    converted to RiscOS using their own software and were giving away at one
    of the shows in, I think, 1997. Does anyone know if the high quality
    original fonts that EFF made for RiscOS (also windows, MAC and I think
    LINUX) are still available? I think I've got a CD of some of them them somewhere that I bought at a later show.

    Alan

    I've got their Professional Typography CD 2 . 800 fonts!

    --
    from KT24 in Surrey, England
    "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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  • From Jonathan Conner@21:1/5 to Alan P Dawes on Wed Jul 14 12:56:10 2021
    In message <594bdaf46dalan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>
    Alan P Dawes <alan.dawes@riscos.org> wrote:

    In article <0cbf6d4b59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>,
    Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:
    In message <0f10094b59.graham@graham.durain.uk>
    Graham Pickles <graham@durain.uk> wrote:

    I am looking for a Riscos font that is simultaneously both MONOSPACED
    and SANS-SERIF. I'm sure there must be one but I have been unable to
    find / source it. Any suggestions, preferably with an address where I
    can download it ? No doubt a very mundane query but it's defeaed me so
    far ...

    A search led me to:

    https://archive.org/details/cdrom-riscos-eff

    AFAICS you can download the disc-image of the EFF PD Fonts CD-ROM from
    there.

    Have fun!

    It looks like that is just the CD of Public Domain Fonts that EFF
    converted to RiscOS using their own software and were giving away at one
    of the shows in, I think, 1997. Does anyone know if the high quality
    original fonts that EFF made for RiscOS (also windows, MAC and I think
    LINUX) are still available? I think I've got a CD of some of them them somewhere that I bought at a later show.

    Correct. The Professional Typography 2 CD isn't in the Public Domain and
    EFF have disappeared. However, some of the fonts on the PD CD are quite
    useful and it is available.

    --
    Jonathan Conner (ZFC G) on an iMX6 with RISC OS 5

    The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels
    down, where it is still possible to get things done. -- (Terry Pratchett,
    Small Gods)

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  • From M Harding@21:1/5 to Alan P Dawes on Wed Jul 14 12:18:07 2021
    In article <594bdaf46dalan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>,
    Alan P Dawes <alan.dawes@riscos.org> wrote:
    In article <0cbf6d4b59.JCCArc@arcady.plus.com>,
    Jonathan Conner <jcc@arcady.plus.com> wrote:

    A search led me to:

    https://archive.org/details/cdrom-riscos-eff

    AFAICS you can download the disc-image of the EFF PD Fonts CD-ROM
    from there.

    It looks like that is just the CD of Public Domain Fonts that EFF
    converted to RiscOS using their own software and were giving away
    at one of the shows in, I think, 1997. Does anyone know if the high
    quality original fonts that EFF made for RiscOS (also windows, MAC
    and I think LINUX) are still available? I think I've got a CD of
    some of them them somewhere that I bought at a later show.

    As I understand it, when Dr Edward Detyna died some years ago his EFF
    source of fonts died with him.

    The late Jim Nagel informed me in 2018 that he'd met the author's son
    socially and both Jim and I tried to persuade Edward Detyna's son and
    heir, in view of the fonts' exquisite quality, variety, and being
    invaluable to the RISC OS community, to allow them to continue to be
    available, maybe selling them to a RISC OS retailer if not putting
    them in the public domain.

    Nothing ever came of that, sadly, so do find and treasure that CD of
    fonts, as I treasure mine. The one I bought came with Windows versions
    on the same CD so that the fonts are compatible using Windows OvPro in conjunction with Virtual RISC OS.

    Michael Harding
    Rev. Preb. M.D. Harding riscos@mdharding.org.uk

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