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dos 437 fonts and configs for viewing ANSI art in xterm
1### ansiterm
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3Proper configurations for viewing ANSI art or telnetting/SSHing to BBSes in
4xterm and macOS Terminal.app.
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6Includes `dos437`, a BDF pixel-for-pixel translation of the DOS 437 codepage
7font, with a converted TrueType version.
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11#### xterm
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13Convert the BDF font to a PCF font (if necessary) and then install it:
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15- `bdftopcf dos437.bdf > font/dos437.pcf`
16- `sudo cp font/dos437.pcf /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/`
17- `cd /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/; sudo mkfontdir`
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19Then run `ansiterm.sh` to launch xterm with proper colors and the `dos437`
20font. For tiling window managers, make sure the resulting xterm window is
21exactly 80 characters wide.
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23#### Terminal.app
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25Install the TTF font (double-click it to open it in font book, and then click
26install) and then install the terminal settings profile by double clicking
27it.
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29Verify that the font used is `dos437` in 8pt, antialias is off, the character
30encoding is "western (ascii)", and the terminal is 80x24.
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33In either xterm or Terminal.app, ANSI art files should display properly with
34cat. BBSes should display fine through the standard telnet or SSH programs.