VMs: Re: Embeddable VMS fonts testing

[Gabriel Landini <G.Landini@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 28 June 2002 1:48 am, GC wrote:
> Linux - that's the kid with the blanket, right? :-)  At least you
> can still see the ascii representations under Linux and Mozilla?

Of course, and the html source still shows the font name correctly.
But is this embedded font Microsoft thing only?

Also, as soon as one saves the html page, the font is lost (at least using MS 
internet explorer 5). When reloading the saved page, it everts to the default 
font.

> > "picnic table" 

> When I was describing the missing information in the eva <x>
> character, I was using your definition of <x> as the picnic table.

Oh, I see. I had the feeling that other people were talking about <ch> as a 
kind of picnic table. My confusion, sorry.

> As I pointed out earlier, the use of a simple <x> when addressing
> this character ignores the "feet" at the bottom of each leg.

Yes, it ignores the pointing of the feet, but this is one of the examples 
where one starts thinking whether this is really a different character or a 
variation by the writer. I don't know.

> This appears to be intentional on the part of the author and not 
> just a quirk of the pen.

I think that this would be a matter of never-ending debate because there are 
so few instances of the character. 

> This is equal to a copyright on the
> EVA transcription method.  My font will necessarily be public
> domain, since copyrighting the Voynich glyphs themselves is to me
> no different than copyrighting images of the manuscript.

I don't think so, just because most fonts represent characters that already 
exist, there is no reason to consider their alternative representation as 
public domain. As everybody knows, an immense number of fonts are copyrighted 
and sold.

And sorry to bring this, but I noted that the meva font glyphs seem so close 
to my eva font that I wonder whether the glyphs were copied straight from it 
or were they generated from scratch? 

If they were copied, I don't think you can grant public domain status to the 
meva font since the glyphs the font is made of were not your property in the 
first place. In this sense, public domain and free are not the same thing.

Cheers,

Gabriel