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- <H2>AlphabetTrain</H2>
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- Well, if you are going to have a train font, you really should
- have a train font that you can say something with. Playing Dr.
- Frankenstein, I created a monster by blending Railroad Roman with
- Rail Freight. I have included two special characters in this font, a
- turn of the century caboose and the NP 328 (the steam engine). In
- my mind, it wouldn't be right to have a string of letters being pulled
- by a diesel... but I am pa diesel fanatics, I did
- include one diesel or you can use any of the locomotives found in my
- other railroad fonts.
- <P>
- I started making fonts that were trains. They came out looking
- really great, so, now I am dabbling in fonts that are trains caring
- letters. The key layout is fairly straight forward, you should print
- out the Alphabet Train Legend. In case you are not one to listen to
- helpful advise, all of the lowercase letters depict uppercase letters on
- flat cars. Cleve for a steam engine traveling
- from right to left and "KL" for a steam engine going left to right ("Z"
- and "M", respectively, for a diesel). The cabooses can be found in "D",
- "J", "X", and "n". My suggestion is to use the caboose that is closest on
- the keyboard to the locomotive you select. But, I'm a purist. In the
- event that the space bar doesn't give you an empty flatcar, "_"
- should. Finally, the q-car looks like an o-car in smaller sizes, so I
- provided an alternate q-ccharacter.
- <P>
- Have fun with this font, use it for page numbers and titles. Or
- use the other railroad fonts and create a real mixed train. The
- possibilities are endless.
- <PRE>
- Letters: a-z, Q
- Numbers: 0-9
- Symbols: & - ~ ' _
- Locomotives & Cabooses: AS D J KL Z X N M
- </PRE>
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- Font Formats:
- <UL>
- <LI> <a href="ADOBE.html">Adobe</a> (Type 1 [pfa & pfb], Type 3, Bitmap)
- <LI> <a href="DMF.html">DMF</a> (+ bitmap)
- <LI> <a href="INTELLIFONT.html">IntelliFont</a>
- <LI> <a href="TRU
- </UL>
- Font ID: 22536
- <P>
- Directory: Deco/Akka
- <HR>
- Alphabet Train font, all of its accompanying files and train icon
- are ©1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)
- <P>
- If you use this font in publication or on a product, please let me
- know. It is always interesting to hear the clever uses people have
- had for my fonts. (I would also love a copy of your publication for
- my scrap book)
- <P>
- NOW FOR THE "ASKING FOR MONEY" BIT, AKA, THIS IS SHAREWARE:
- <P>ay with, throw at the cat, etc.) this font
- for one week after receiving it. If you like it and decide to keep it,
- you should send a US $10 "shareware" fee to myself at the address
- below (for international users, see item 4 in "The Fine Print"). Please
- include a brief note describing where you got this font, what you like
- about it, and what you would like to see in the future.
- <P> If you just have to have the full collection of my train fonts
- (see "Product Ad"), send a couple ks (Two
- HD for Mac, or One HD for IBM recommended) and a SELF ADDRESSED
- STAMPED ENVELOPE to the address below. (I hate to format disks
- and you will be sure to get the right machine, Mac or IBM, this way)
- <P> I do not want to send any of my customers into bankruptcy, if
- you are honestly poor, (i.e., you ain't gonna support the American
- way and my education) please send a post card (the weirder the
- better) describing where you got this font, what you like about it and
- what you wo it.
- <P>THE FINE PRINT:
- <UL>
- <LI>Each font or icon package is an individual product. Thus, if you
- keep Passenger Font and Freight Font, you should pay $20, not $10.
- <LI>You may NOT use this font in any publication or any product unless
- you register your copy by sending $10 FOR EACH FONT YOU USE. Be
- sure to specify which fonts you are registering for. It is not fair for
- you to make money off of my hard work without paying the
- Shareware fees.
- <LI>If you decide to keep several and you are
- only using them for personal applications (or you are using them for
- a struggling NONPROFIT organization promoting railroads), then $10
- a piece can get to be a bit expensive. Please pay what you think they
- are worth. I recommend $10 for the first font and $5 for each
- additional font.
- <LI>If you do not reside in the US, then getting a check in US$ may be
- difficult for you. So, I will also accept any interesting widgets, toys,
- books, time tables, postcards or whaace to
- you is quite possibly exotic for me. By the way, I'm a rail fan (hint
- hint hint)
- <LI>You may distribute this font for free, however, you may not sell this
- font or include it in any package for sale without the written
- permission of myself, Benn Coifman. I am very agreeable to CD
- ROM's and shareware packages for sale, however, I do want to retain
- some degree of control over my work. So, please contact me first.
- (note, this clause does NOT apply to dial up services liOn Line and bulletin boards that charge by the unit of time.
- Theses services may list my products without contacting me)
- </UL>
-
- WHY SHOULD YOU SEND IN THE SHAREWARE FEE?
- <P> Well, I am releasing this font in it's entirety. I put a lot of hard
- work into this font. I have also gotten a lot of pleasure from it.
- Ignoring all of the capitalistic angles, your shareware dollar will
- speed up the development of new train fonts and help me afford
- new font tools. My goal is to at leas9 people have registered my shareware products since I
- first released them ten months ago. There are a lot of expenses that
- go into these fonts. My font editor cost almost $300. Then there are
- the little expenses like ink cartridges (you wouldn't believe how
- many ink cartridges I go through) and paying for a mail box. Oy!
- And you want to talk about memory... 40 Meg of hard disk devoted
- to fonts and icon development.
- <P> I would love to purchase the latest version of Illustclip art. I could also use more disk space to keep these
- toys in.
- <P>
-
- BENEFITS OF PAYING THE SHAREWARE FEE:
- <P> Enough of what shareware fees do for me, what will they do for
- you!? I will spend less time on school and more time on producing
- shareware. You will also be entitled to a peek into things to come. If
- you send a disk (or two) along with your payment, I will give the
- Demo font that includes all of the odd characters that haven't quite
- found a home yet (including a ). In
- addition, I will rush you out the most recent versions of my fonts
- and icons. I might even toss in a couple of pre-release fonts.
- <P>
- GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS, RAIL FONTS MAKE GREAT BIRTHDAY
- GIFTS (GRIN):
- <P>
- YOU WANT YOUR CAR (OR DREAM CAR), LOGO OR HERALD ON YOUR
- KEYBOARD?
- I am willing to do custom work, as my time allows, at reasonable
- rates.
-
- <PRE>
- Benn Coifman
- ASUC Box 624 # 4510,
- Bancroft & Telegraph
- Berkeley, CA 94720-4510
- USA
- </PRE>
-
- --Please include your e-mail andence--
- (very handy for notifying you of new releases)
-
- zephyr@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu
- or
- zephyr@uclink.berkeley.edu
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