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- ApplePi Font
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- What Is It?
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- ApplePi is a Type 1 Postscript symbol font that should be useful to
- anyone writing about the Apple Macintosh computer. It includes
- symbols for the control character, the option character, the apple
- character (both solid and hollow), fractions, and quite a few others.
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- How Do I Use it?
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- If you have a Macintosh computer and a Postscript laser printer or
- Adobe Type Manager, you can use ApplePi. If you are using System 6 or
- before, you need to install at least one size of the bit-mapped font
- (the suitcase icon) into the System file using the Font/DA Mover or a
- resource extender like Suitcase II. The printer font (represented by
- the printer icon) should be placed at the top lever in the System
- folder or in the folder with the bit-mapped font if you are using
- Suitcase.
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- System 7 users need only drop both files into the System Folder and
- the Mac system will correctly install them. If you do not want all of
- the bit-mapped fonts, open the suitcase (by double-clicking) and drag
- the ones you want to use into the System Folder.
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- Where Did It Come From?
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- ApplePi was put together by me, Hank Gillette. It is free to all, so
- don╒t pay anyone money for it. You may pass it on to friends (or
- enemies if you don╒t like it) ,upload it to your favorite bulletin board,
- or give it to your user group. Please keep this documentation with the
- font when you distribute it.
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- ApplePi was generated by Fontographer, a fine font-building program.
- The bit-mapped fonts are not hand-tuned, so they are pretty ragged.
- They are exactly as generated Fontographer. I╒ve decided that life is
- too short to do bit-mapped fonts by hand. If you was cleaner bit-
- mapped fonts, please write to:
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- Altsys Corporation
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- P. O. Box 865410
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- Plano, Texas 75086
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- and ask them to improve their algorithms for generating bit-mapped
- fonts.
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- I welcome user feedback, both positive and negative. If you have a
- problem using this font, I will attempt to help resolve it as my
- limited spare time allows. If you think of a symbol of general interest
- not already in the font, bring it to my attention and I will consider
- adding it in a future release.
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- I can be reached at:
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- Hank Gillette
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- 432 Tyrella Ave.
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- Mtn. View, CA 94043
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- Compuserve 73627,3612
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- AOL - HankG3 (occasionally)
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- So What Characters Are In There, Anyway?
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- Following is a non-comprehensive table showing many of the
- characters in ApplePi. You can find many of the hollow characters by
- using the Option Key with the solid character.
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- Shift-Option 2 thru Shift-Option 9 contain several common fractions.
- You can make nearly any other fraction in the following manner. The
- numerals 0 - 9 are denominators. Shift 0 - Shift 9 are numerators.
- The divisor bar is either the slash key or Shift-Option 1. For example,
- to make the fraction two-sevenths, you would enter Shift-2, Shift-
- Option-1 (or slash), 7.
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- So What╒s An ApplePi, Anyway?
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- Combine 8 cups thinly sliced pared tart apples, 1 cup sugar╔ no, just
- kidding. Pi is a printing term for type that has been jumbled or thrown
- together at random. I shouldn╒t have to explain the rest.
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- The CMA Part
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- Several of the symbols in this font are used by Apple Computer as
- representations on the Macintosh Computer. Apple, Macintosh, and the
- Apple logo are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
- Fontographer is a registered trademark of Altsys Corporation.
- Postscript and Adobe Type Manager are registered trademarks of
- Adobe Systems Inc. Suitcase is a trademark licensed to Fifth
- Generation Systems, Inc.
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