?Subject: ?Hardy's Lost Font
?Date: ?January 24, 2004 11:47:28 AM PST?To: ? HARDY-L@csusm.edu
?Cc: ? harrybatt@mn.rr.com
From: harrybatt@mn.rr.comThis link is from the Echo down in Weymouth. It leads to an interesting story about Hardy's baptismal
font. As an aside, because of the paper shortages during WWII the "big book" from several workhouses, including Cerne Abbas were subscribed to the war effort and are lost for genealogists for all time. John Bridell, Minneapolis, MN USA as harrybatt@mn.rr.com
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WFFRE09D\Hardy's 'lost' font is found after 60 years.htm
From: harrybatt@mn.rr.com
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 24, 2004 8:55:27 PM PST
BILL I don't understand why the hyperlink doesn't work. The address came to me as an attachment and I didn't want to assault the Association's fire wall. I copied the link >from the URL at the photo's site, then converted it into a hyperlink. Try this: Copy the link. Go to your home page, hi lite the home page address which appears in the box, delete it, paste in the photo link address, click go and you should arrive at the font. Please let me know whether that ploy works or not. John Bridell
----- Original Message -----
At 01:51 PM 1/24/2004 -0600, you wrote:
Hello gang Here is the link which will escort you to a photo of Hardy's font. John Bridell, Minneapolis, MN, USA as <harrybatt@mn.rr.com>
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\8H6RKHIZ\1074932657-13.jpeg
From: harrybatt@mn.rr.com
Subject: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 24, 2004 11:51:11 AM PST
To: HARDY-L@csusm.edu
Cc: harrybatt@mn.rr.com Reply-To:
Hello gang Here is the link which will escort you to a photo of Hardy's font. John Bridell, Minneapolis, MN, USA as <harrybatt@mn.rr.com>
From: rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 24, 2004 7:55:54 PM PST
Phew! glad it wasn't just me. I too was denied an "escort" --
RM
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Evening, John--
Neither this link nor the one you provided in a follow-up email has
taken me successfully to the photo in question. Do you have an alternate
link, maybe a web address? Or can another Forum subscriber tell me what I'm
doing wrong?
Bill Morgan
From: DMSECK@aol.com
Subject: Hardy's font
Date: January 24, 2004 8:06:51 PM PST
http://www.thisisdorset.net/dorset/weymouth/news/WEYMOUTH_NEWS_NEWS5.html
I think I found it!
Donna Seckrater
CSU San Bernardino
From: rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: Re: Hardy's font
Date: January 24, 2004 8:38:20 PM PST
Thanks Donna,
You have it!
John, yours isn't a legitimate html address although you may be able to access
the source yourself off your own computer if the jpeg etc is stored there
(that's what it looks like with the Windows address and the suffix being a
jpeg) ) . Unfortunately no one else can access it, though -
C:\WINDOWS\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\8H6RKHIZ\1074932657-13.jpeg
This one-- below- does work-- thanks!
RM
From: rosemarie.morgan@yale.edu
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 24, 2004 9:28:45 PM PST
John-- it isn't a "hyperlink." If you go the link provided by Donna and
access
the "Echo" site then open up the data for the image you'll see it has the same
access code as yours (or partly-- only "partly" because your computer has
provided auxilliary digital information and that's what we are getting) . You
presumably stored this "information" on your computer but it is not the url of
the site (as Donna provided it) -- it is not the hyperlink it is the image
data simply. This will not give anyone aside from yourself access to the image
or to the "Echo" itself. A clue-- for the future: Most urls (hyperlinks)
have a
suffix of "htm' or "html" and (if a website) a prefix of "http:// www"
Hope this helps,
Rosemarie
At 10:55 PM 1/24/2004 -0600, you wrote:
BILL I don't understand why the hyperlink doesn't work. The address
came
to me as an attachment and I didn't want to assault the Association's fire
wall. I copied the link from the URL at the photo's site, then converted it
into a hyperlink. Try this: Copy the link. Go to your home page, hi lite
the
home page address which appears in the box, delete it, paste in the photo
link address, click go and you should arrive at the font. Please let me
know
whether that ploy works or not. John Bridell
----- Original Message -----
From: <
mailto:wwmorgan@ilstu.edu>Bill MorganTo: <
mailto:HARDY-L@csusm.edu>HARDY-L@csusm.eduSent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Evening, John--
Neither this link nor the one you provided in a follow-up email has
taken me successfully to the photo in question. Do you have an alternate
link, maybe a web address? Or can another Forum subscriber tell me what
I'm
doing wrong?
Bill Morgan
From: Gary.Alderson@btinternet.com
Subject: Re: Hardy's Lost Font
Date: January 25, 2004 12:37:47 AM PST
As it happens, Google has cached the story - you can find it on the following:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:qnNc3PNmS5EJ:www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/dorset/purbeck/news/PURBECK_NEWS_NEWS2.html+stinsford+font&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
regards
Gary Alderson
From: ttha@st-andrews.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 25, 2004 5:17:03 AM PST
The link you provide refers to a file that is stored on your local hard drive, i.e. it is not on the Internet. I presume you looked at the original site on the web, and your computer cached this file, i.e. it stored it on your hard drive.
I see that you are using the Internet Explorer 5. Could you please do the following:
1. Connect to the internet
2. Follow the link you provide. This will open the file on your hard drive.
3. Click the Internet Exporer's "Refresh" button. This will lead you to the original web site and will give you the actual URL of the image.
Best wishes
Birgit
From: ttha@st-andrews.ac.uk
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 25, 2004 5:51:08 AM PST
OOPS. I JUST RE-READ JOHN’S MESSAGES AND NOTICED THAT THE SOURCE OF HIS IMAGEt which, of course, means that my suggestion won’t work
Sorry
Birgit
From: wwmorgan@ilstu.edu
Subject: Re: Hardy font photo link
Date: January 25, 2004 7:48:46 AM PST
Thanks to John Bridell and all the others who finally got me to the correct link for the story on Hardy's baptismal font. Intriguing bit of detective work combined with 20c history and sentimental lore. Also enjoyed seeing the picture of some of my Dorset friends.
Now, here's a confession about my computer-mindedness: When I first read John's subject line (reproduced above), I thought of font in the typographical sense and was intrigued with the idea of a dedicated Hardy font. What would it be? Not Times New Roman or Wing Dings! My nomination would be Bookman Old Style.
OK. Enough frivolity. Thanks again to those who set me straight about the photo & story link.
Bill
From:
Subject:
Re: Hardy fontDate: January 27, 2004 7:06:15 AM PST
> The idea of a font for Hardy captured my imagination too - Century Schoolbook came to mind first, but
> I find I have Orator and Letterman too! Then I found Gospel - my favourite!
Many many years ago when I had much more free time I created a Hardy Truetype font for PC's -- "based" on his handwriting. Its still available on the web
here.
http://pages.ripco.net/~mws/HARDYPC.ZIP
I haven't looked at it or worked on it in years, but I think some characters are not available -- some punctuation perhaps. Anyway, I offer it again for Hardy font enthusiasts!
Mark
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