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- [See the accompanying ReadMe-LiquidCrystal.pic -- GAR]
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- LiquidCrystal is a Type 1 PostScript font that duplicates the classic 7-segment
- digits that appear in a liquid crystal display (LCD). Some characters work well
- with this format, it was made for numerals. In this font I have also included
- letters even though a little imagination and/or contextual clues may be
- required to recognize some of them. I've used Kerning to make the M and W
- characters: M is made by typing M and then 7. The 7 slides over and forms a
- capital M (in both upper and lowercase). Same happens with W followed by J.
- These characters of course don't respect the even spaced feel of LCD digits,
- but how else am I to generate an M or W in 7segment LCD? A possibility is
- using E and 3, look at them sideways and they look like M and W. It's up
- to you which you choose. A few common punctuation marks have been included. No
- distinction is made between Upper- and Lowercase characters; they appear to be
- drawn from both cases.
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- System 6.0.x or earlier Installation:
- Drag Files LiquiCry and LiquidCrystal.AFM into your System folder. Use Font/DA
- mover (or Suitcase II) to install LiquidCrystal.bitmap into your System file.
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- System 7.0 Installation:
- Drag Files LiquiCry and LiquidCrystal.AFM into your System Extensions folder.
- Open (double-click) the file LiquidCrystal.bitmap and drag the desired point
- sizes you want into the System File. (A shortcut I tend to get away with is
- just dragging all of the files into the System Folder and letting the System
- decide where they go. However, my copy of ATM 2.0 doesn't seem to look in the
- Extensions folder, so you might want to use the Root level of the system folder
- instead for ATM.)
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- This font is pretty weak as fonts go and is only being distributed because I
- received requests for LCD Postscript fonts from some of my customers (It may be
- of use to those of you in Calculator Manual Illustration). I'm therefore
- distributing it as FreeWare, although it is NOT in the Public Domain. This
- PostScript font is Copyright ©1991 Peter Jensen, all rights are reserved, and
- don't sell it or use it as an incentive to sell something else without my
- permission, please.
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- LCD technology is one of those great American inventions that was apparently
- stymied by over-conservative boredrooms. LCD screens, improved mostly in Japan,
- now make color video pictures as well as alphanumeric characters. 7 segment
- digits soon were replaced by 14 segment versions and now there are screens
- like the Mac Portable's which generate bitmaps which allow different fonts,
- sizes, and styles to appear on screen.
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- Please write to me regarding your thoughts and uses of LiquidCrystal and feel
- free to make requests for other typefaces to be developed. In return I'll send
- you a sample book of my typefaces and see what I can do about producing your
- suggestions. Enjoy your digital display!!!
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- Cheers,
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- Peter Jensen
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- Peter Jensen Typography
- 152 Hawthorne Avenue
- Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 USA