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- <H2>TrainTracks</H2>
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- It is a detailed set of train track segments
- <P>
- This font is a virtual railroad for your printer. You will need a
- high resolution printer to truly appreciate this font. The screen
- image isn't the best, but load up the PostScript font and print out a
- copy of "TRKS_MAP.WRI" to see all the living detail in full heart
- stopping color (well, I get carried away, but you get the idea). Now
- you can add the finest train yards to your documents.
- <P>
- There are two sets of tracks, with ties (for the formal
- railroader) and with out (for the casual railroader). Almost
- everybody who has seen this font has said:
- <PRE>
- - Hey, what about vertical segments?
- - Hey, what about roads?
- - Hey, what about buildings?
- </PRE>
- To which I say, all in due time. Unfortunately, when I figured
- out the geometry for the fonts, I forgot to make the length to width
- ratio an integer. WOOPS! I don't want to go back and do all of those
- ties again (the frogs were the worst). So, one of these days I will
- either hack some vertical segments together or I will start from
- scratch and do it right. As for roadways, I wanted to add those
- before this release, but I ran out of time. So, those will come with
- the next version. Same story for the buildings. In the mean time,
- Enjoy! (can't wait to see the snarls you make out of this (grin))
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- Font Formats:
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- <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="TRUETYPE.html">Truetype</a>
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- Font ID: 16687
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- Directory: Picture/TrainTracks
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- TrainTracks font, all of its accompanying files and train icon are
- ©1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)
- <PRE>
- Revisions:
- 1.0 The original
- </PRE>
- <P>
- NOW FOR THE "ASKING FOR MONEY" BIT, AKA, THIS IS SHAREWARE:
- <P> You are free to use (play 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 of FORMATTED 3.5" HD disks (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 would like to see added to 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 of my shareware products 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 what not. What's common place 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 like Compuserve,
- America On 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 least break even.
- <P> Only 39 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 Illustrator and
- produce more clip 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 number of steam engines!). 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 address with all correspondence--
- (very handy for notifying you of new releases)
-
- zephyr@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu
- or
- zephyr@uclink.berkeley.edu
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