Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Richard Southall papers
- Dates:
- 1981-1986
- Creators:
- Southall, Richard
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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Richard Southall Papers (SC1002). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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These papers pertain to Southall's work on METAFONT and fall into four broad categories. The first concerns 'the CMR project': the revision undertaken by Southall and Stanford Prof D. E. Knuth in March and April 1982 of Knuth's original design for the bold sanserif variant of the Computer Modern family of typefaces. The second consists of notes, teaching material, and products from the course in METAFONT programming (CS279) that was given at Stanford in the summer of 1984 to introduce the new version of the METAFONT language. The third category of material consists of notes and correspondence relating to the work of the digital typography group at Stanford from late 1983 until the beginning of the CS279 course in 1984. The fourth comprises development material, program listings, and tests for the two versions (known as TKMF and NMT) of Southall's own METAFONT font typeface design. This was begun in late 1983, revised in 1984 with the appearance of the new METAFONT, continued at the Université Louis-Pasteur in Strasbourg in the summer of 1985, and eventually abandoned owing to the necessity for Southall to complete his report "Designing new typefaces with METAFONT" (STAN-CS-85-1074) before leaving his post at Stanford.
- Biographical / historical:
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Richard Southall, lecturer in the Department of Typography and Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, England, worked with Donald Knuth at Stanford between 1983 and 1986 on the Metafont Project.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were the gift of Richard Southall, 2010.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-02-12 10:27:16 -0800 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted to a digital use copy.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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Richard Southall Papers (SC1002). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022