FONTCAP(5NCARG)

πŸ“¦ version 6.6.2, in epel 9, fedora 43, fedora 44

πŸ’– FONTCAP πŸ’– (the 5NCARG one, bestie β€” NCAR GRAPHICS core lore)

okay so this is the whole lineup of NCAR Graphics font definition files that you can use with ctrans and Plotchar. like, every single one. we're not gatekeeping a single glyph. πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

fontcap β€” the full roster of supported NCAR Graphics font definition files, for use with ctrans and Plotchar. that's the whole vibe. πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

okay bestie, here's the cast. no skips, no skipsies, all of them:

  • font1 β€” a very simple ASCII font. it's giving humble, it's giving lowercase energy, we love a starter. 🌱
  • font2 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:CARTOGRAPHIC_ROMAN
  • font3 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:CARTOGRAPHIC_GREEK
  • font4 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:SIMPLEX_ROMAN
  • font5 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:SIMPLEX_GREEK
  • font6 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:SIMPLEX_SCRIPT
  • font7 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:COMPLEX_ROMAN
  • font8 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:COMPLEX_GREEK
  • font9 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:COMPLEX_SCRIPT
  • font10 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:COMPLEX_ITALIC
  • font11 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:COMPLEX_CYRILLIC
  • font12 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:DUPLEX_ROMAN
  • font13 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:TRIPLEX_ROMAN
  • font14 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:TRIPLEX_ITALIC
  • font15 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:GOTHIC_GERMAN
  • font16 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:GOTHIC_ENGLISH
  • font17 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:GOTHIC_ITALIAN
  • font18 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:MATH_SYMBOLS
  • font19 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:SYMBOL_SET1
  • font20 β€” Character fontcap for: HERSHEY:SYMBOL_SET2
  • font21 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:HELVETICA (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font22 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:HELVETICA-BOLD (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font25 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:TIMES-ROMAN (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font26 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:TIMES-BOLD (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font29 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:COURIER (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font30 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:COURIER-BOLD (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font33 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:GREEK (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font34 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:MATH-SYMBOLS (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font35 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:TEXT-SYMBOLS (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font36 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:WEATHER1 (filled font for Plotchar)
  • font37 β€” Character fontcap for: NCAR:WEATHER2 (filled font for Plotchar)

🌸 the ctrans situation 🌸

for ctrans, bestie, you can set whichever font you're feeling using the FONTCAP environment variable. yes, an env var. yes, it's that easy. periodt. πŸ’œ


πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

  • Online: ctrans(1NCARG), fontc(5NCARG), ncarg_env(5NCARG)
  • Hardcopy: NCAR Graphics Fundamentals, UNIX Version

Copyright (C) 1987-2009
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
The use of this Software is governed by a License Agreement.
no cap, that license agreement is doing the heavy lifting here β€” respect it, okay? πŸ™ˆ

and that's the whole page, babe. this gem dropped way back in April 1993 from NCAR, and it's still out here living its best life in the FONTCAP(5NCARG) era. iconic behavior honestly. go set that FONTCAP and slay your glyphs πŸ’–βœ¨πŸŽ€

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