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sn#064443 filedate 1973-10-01 generic text, type T, neo UTF8
∂28-SEP-73 1613 ACT,REG
I have implemented the following extension to font files:
In the character definition, bits 0-8 of the word which
used to contain only character_code,,word_count+2, are
interpreted as the "raster width" of the character. If this
field is 0, the raster width is the same as the character width
(so the existing fonts will work). Otherwise, this field
is the actual width of character definition, distinct from
the width that the character takes when printed adjacent to
other characters. The intention is to allow characters
to be overlapped. For example in the word "First" the top
bar of the "F" could overlap the "i". (In this case the
character width is less than the raster width). (I don't
see much utility for the other case - which allows characters
to be spaced farther apart than usual)