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From: Popeye <popeye@mailnesia.com>
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Subject: Re: Dungeons and Dragons with embedded fonts
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On 2014-06-07 22:09:31 +0000, rpg fan said:
> On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 00:57:37 +0300, Popeye wrote:
>
>> On 2014-06-07 02:17:31 +0000, rpg fan said:
>>
>>> Ok, how the hell are you getting old TSR material with embedded fonts?
>>> Those aren't page scans. Those are actual typed text! You can zoom
>>> that stuff to insane resolutions and the text stays crisp.
>>>
>>> Is there some app which does this?
>>
>> Not my doing, whoever ripped it back in the day did it. I personally
>> prefer the non OCR files, since non OCRed files preserve the look of the
>> originals. Furthermore, if you really wanted, you could OCR the files
>> yourself from the source.
>>
>> I'm pretty proud of my collection, though: it took quite a bit of time
>> to go through all the mega-torrents to build the collection that I have
>> now. It pleases me to think that at least for another few years, classic
>> D&D will live on in Usenet form.
>
> What are you using to post?
Unison, for mac. If there are problems with the posts, let me know,
i'll switch to another newsreader
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-Popeye
"I yam what I yam and tha's all what I yam."
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