Hershey is a textual vector font format

# hershey Source: [https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/hershey.html](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/hershey.html) ## Hershey is a textual vector format\. A Hershey vector font is a text file in which each line represents a glyph encoded in five parts: - `id\[5\]`: The id of the glyph in decimal\. - `length\[3\]`: The number of points, in decimal\. - `left\[1\]`: The left position of the boundary box\. - `right\[1\]`: The right position of the boundary box\. - `points\[?\]`: A list of points, ending with a linebreak\. A point is made of two characters\(x, y\) representing each a signed value, where capital`R`is 0,`Q`is \-1,`S`is 1, and so on\. For example,`NW`is equal to \-4,5\. Here is an example file containing 12 glyphs: ``` ID---LENLRPOINTS------------------------ 1 9MWRMNV RRMVV RPSTS 2 16MWOMOV ROMSMUNUPSQ ROQSQURUUSVOV 3 11MXVNTMRMPNOPOSPURVTVVU 4 12MWOMOV ROMRMTNUPUSTURVOV 5 12MWOMOV ROMUM ROQSQ ROVUV 6 9MVOMOV ROMUM ROQSQ 7 15MXVNTMRMPNOPOSPURVTVVUVR RSRVR 8 9MWOMOV RUMUV ROQUQ 9 3PTRMRV 10 7NUSMSTRVPVOTOS 11 9MWOMOV RUMOS RQQUV 12 6MVOMOV ROVUV ``` The position " R"\(space followed by capital R\) is special, it means*lifting the pen*, the position that follows will not draw a stroke\. JKLMNOPQ**R**STUVWXYZ\-8\-7\-6\-5\-4\-3\-2\-1**0**\+1\+2\+3\+4\+5\+6\+7\+8- [Hershey Renderer](https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/hershey), Uxntal - [Hershey Vector Font](https://paulbourke.net/dataformats/hershey/), Paul Bourke - [Hershey Fonts](https://solhsa.com/hershey/fontprev.html) **incoming:**[2026](https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/2026.html)