Armchair Ace
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I suppose begging isn't the best way to introduce yourself to a community, but oh, well, here goes.
I've come across a US Military font (Mil-Spec 33558) that's *just* the font we need for a project involving the Open-Source flight sim, FlightGear. (We're developing an aircraft model, and the font is *THE* font for this part of the aircraft (text on most of the displays in the cockpit, in fact).
So, that's all well and good, but we've hit a snag. The font (MS33558) is available already as a font, but it's licence forbids us from using it in the way we want to (by including the .ttf in the file we intend to contribute to the project). This sort-of scuppered things until I found a handy template sheet made by the helpful people in the DoD back in 1968. The template sheet basically shows you all the letters in the font (1-9 and capital letters from A-Z, no small letters or punctuation).
If I sent someone with a copy of, say, Fontographer, would they be willing to make a font for us? (by copying and pasting the letters of the sheet).
I hope you don't mind this perhaps unusual request...
PS - I'm still in the process of restoring the template sheet - it's a 2000*3000 pixel .GIF, but it's scanned from a FAX sent in 1990, so it's a bit grainy. The restoration process is going well so far.
PPS - The typeface and template sheet are both Public Domain since they're works of employees of the US Gov't, just in case that's a concern.
PPPS - For reference: Download link to the (grainy, low-quality) template sheet : http://www.everyspec.com/MS+Specs/MS3/MS33000-MS33999/download.php?spec=MS33558C.013545.PDF
DON'T use this version, I'll send you a restored version when it's ready in a couple of days.
~Tom
I've come across a US Military font (Mil-Spec 33558) that's *just* the font we need for a project involving the Open-Source flight sim, FlightGear. (We're developing an aircraft model, and the font is *THE* font for this part of the aircraft (text on most of the displays in the cockpit, in fact).
So, that's all well and good, but we've hit a snag. The font (MS33558) is available already as a font, but it's licence forbids us from using it in the way we want to (by including the .ttf in the file we intend to contribute to the project). This sort-of scuppered things until I found a handy template sheet made by the helpful people in the DoD back in 1968. The template sheet basically shows you all the letters in the font (1-9 and capital letters from A-Z, no small letters or punctuation).
If I sent someone with a copy of, say, Fontographer, would they be willing to make a font for us? (by copying and pasting the letters of the sheet).
I hope you don't mind this perhaps unusual request...
PS - I'm still in the process of restoring the template sheet - it's a 2000*3000 pixel .GIF, but it's scanned from a FAX sent in 1990, so it's a bit grainy. The restoration process is going well so far.
PPS - The typeface and template sheet are both Public Domain since they're works of employees of the US Gov't, just in case that's a concern.
PPPS - For reference: Download link to the (grainy, low-quality) template sheet : http://www.everyspec.com/MS+Specs/MS3/MS33000-MS33999/download.php?spec=MS33558C.013545.PDF
DON'T use this version, I'll send you a restored version when it's ready in a couple of days.
~Tom
