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From: rpg fan <rpg_fan@rpg_fan.su>
Subject: Re: Dungeons and Dragons with embedded fonts
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On Sun, 08 Jun 2014 13:11:32 +0300, Popeye wrote:
> 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
No problems at all. Just curious. My Mac mini died and I am using a
Windows PC now, so I am trying out different posting software. I use
Sanguinews on Linux, but was looking for the best solution for Windows.
Right now, I am using YENC Power Power Post with Stunnel, since YPP
doesn't do native SSL.
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