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+Hellschreiber fonts
+===================
+
+This directory contains fonts for the Hellschreiber and similar dot-matrix communication equipment.
+These fonts have been manually constructed based on images from 
+https://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/hellschreiber-fonts.htm. 
+
+Not all images are clear so there may be errors. For the Cyrillic font, additional assumptions have been made as not all characters could be inferred from the images provided.
+
+
+The following are included:
+
+| Machine                                       | Cell size |
+|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|
+| Feld-Hell Typenbildschreiber 24a Latin        | 7x14      |
+| Feld-Hell Typenbildschreiber 24a Cyrillic     | 7x14      |
+| Hellschreiber T-Typ 72 GL                     | 7x14      |
+| Hell-80                                       | 7x9       |
+| GTL Telewriter                                | 7x8       |
+| Abtastfernschreiber                           | 8x14      |
+| FACIT                                         | 5x7       |
+
+The source additionally provides images for the Feld-Hell Tbs 24b. These have not yet been included.