dan 💾3d ago
No one expects the QuickDraw GX inquisition. #MARCHintosh
Show threadJohn Parker3d ago

@billgoats There was a great QuickDraw GX font called Jam I used to love - a sort of worn typewriter effect.

I think I converted it into a plain TrueType font using Fontographer or one of the dev tools at the time, but even if I did, the only backup is on a Zip disk, and I’ve no Zip drive.

There’s now an exciting quest that lies ahead of me in terms of tracking down lots of obscure software and emulators - the grand prize being, in retrospect, what transpires to be a rather mundane font. 🤔

Show threadGrant Hutchinson3d ago

@middaparka @billgoats Jam was designed by Erik van Blokland (@letterror) and was known for its implementation of GX variations. It currently lives on in the form of the variable typeface “Neither Confirm Nor Deny”.

https://letterror.com/ncnd/

LTR NCND: Neither Confirm Nor Deny! A smoothly interpolating, textured variable font. at LettError.com

A smoothly interpolating textures variable font

Show threadGrant Hutchinson3d ago

@middaparka @billgoats A bit more backstory on the NCND FAQ page:

https://letterror.com/ncnd/faq.html

LTR NCND: Neither Confirm Nor Deny! Frequently Asked Questions. at LettError.com

A smoothly interpolating textured variable font

Show threadErik3d ago
@splorp @middaparka @billgoats I think I have a copy of Jam somewhere if you want. GX was great and way ahead of anything else at the time. It did some things that even the current variable fonts can’t reach.
Christian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥1d ago
Show threadJohn Parker

@letterror That would be amazing. Otherwise, I fear I’ll have to find a means of reading this bad-boy, if indeed it’s not succumbed to bitrot.

Damn, seeing it again in that Vimeo video takes me back.

NCND looks stunning as well. 🙌

Mar 26 at 7:18pmWeb
Show threadGrant Hutchinson2d ago
@middaparka @letterror Hey John … I have the means to read and recover Zip disks, if you need help with that.
Show threadJohn Parker2d ago

@splorp @letterror That’s very kind, but I’m in the UK - even if it currently works, I suspect that might not be the case by the time it arrives.

Still, it could be worse - it could be a SyQuest. 😃

I think I’ll see if I can pick-up a USB Zip drive locally, if only out of curiosity.

Show threadGrant Hutchinson2d ago

@middaparka Yes, that would be a bit of a trek to Canada for a poor little Zip disk.

(By the way, I can also handle Syquest, SyJet, SuperDisk, Bernoulli, and Jaz.)

Show threadJohn Parker2d ago
@splorp Damn - that’s pretty much the full set. 🫡
Show threadGrant Hutchinson2d ago
@middaparka I’m still trying to find a couple of formats … like a phase-change dual (PD) drive.
Show threadJohn Parker2d ago

@splorp Don’t think I’ve ever seen one of those outside of the pages of a computer magazine.

In the unlikely event I bump into one with a voltage selectable PSU I’ll grab it for you though. 👍

Show threadGrant Hutchinson2d ago
@middaparka I always appreciate another set of eyes out there.
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥1d ago
@middaparka @letterror A Zip disk — in all its original prenatal cocoon!!