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- July 1991
-
- Notes on LORVAD (formerly Printers Devil) fonts:
-
- Medusa is based on the familiar Art Nouveau font Broklin. It's a display font
- that looks great at 12 points or larger. About 170 characters and 100 kerning
- pairs are defined.
-
- LoopDeLoop is a fun display font. Its uppercase characters are based on the
- font Bee Line. They have a stroked effect simulating a continuous line, looped
- to create each character. The lowercase characters are a solid variation on the
- shape of the uppercase. This set contains only about sixty characters. There
- is minimal kerning. Looks nice as an opening decorative capital. Shareware $10.
-
- Albatross is a text body font with a moderately short x-height. The relative
- point size is a bit small (i.e. 14 point is closer to what most people would
- consider 12 point). It contains all the regular characters and many special
- characters. Shareware $10.
-
- Judas is a display font patterned on Adobe wood type Ironwood. It contains only
- caps, numbers, and a few special characters. It seems to look best at 16 points
- or larger. Very interesting negative space. It is shareware-$10 (or thirty
- silver dollars if you want us to feel guilty).
-
- LORVAD fonts include: Bodidly Bold, Oswald Black, Oswald Grey, BlackForest,
- InkaBod, CartWright, Judas, Albatross, LoopDeLoop, and Medusa.
-
- These fonts are NOT demos. Unless noted they contain all the regular
- alphanumeric characters. Most contain an assortment of special characters.
- Fonts contain hinting; usually over one hundred kerning pairs are defined. AFM
- files are included. Bodidly Bold, Oswald Black, Blackforest, Inkabod,
- CartWright, Judas, Albatross, LoopDeLoop and Dedalus are type 1 PostScript
- fonts and may also be used with ATM on non-PostScript printers. Oswald Grey, a
- type 3 font, may only be used on PostScript printers. It has an 80% grey fill
- with a black border.
-
- Bodidly Bold and Oswald Black look great in small or large sizes. I'd recommend
- using Oswald Grey at 24 points or larger.
-
- BlackForest and Inkabod are designed without any curves. With one or two
- exceptions all angles are multiples of 45 degrees. BlackForest has an old
- world German feel. It seems to look best about 24 points. InkaBod is based on
- the bitmapped font Nordic. On the LaserWriter it looks great at 14 points and
- above. On the ImageWriter, try it at 18 points and larger.
-
- CartWright is inspired by the Adobe wood type Ponderosa font. It contains only
- the basic 90+ characters.
-
- The bitmap screenfonts are just your basic Fontographer-generated characters
- with minimal touchup. With ATM on the market I'd rather spend my time polishing
- up the PostScript file than slaving over an archaic bitmap screenfont.
-
- LORVAD fonts are distributed in the spirit of shareware. Try them out for a
- month. If you decide to keep any of these fonts you are required to send a $10
- per font registration fee to:
- LORVAD
- PoBox 1828
- Easton Md 21601
- Please indicate what font(s) you are registering and where you found them.
- Maryland residents should include 5% sales tax.
-
- These products may be distributed freely as long as the following conditions
- are met: The files may not be modified and this notice must be included with
- each font or group of LORVAD fonts; Fonts may be included on collections of
- Public Domain and Shareware disks providing that no more than $10 is charged
- for the disk. Distribution by electronic BBS is allowed.
-
- If you paid for a disk with any of these fonts you are still required to send
- in your registration fee if you decide to keep them.
-
- The Bottom Line: We will continue to release laser fonts in a non-crippled
- format as long as there is a fair response to the registration fee.