LaserWriter fonts for LaserWriter and/or LaserWriter
by Francis X. "Butch" Mahoney, Jr.
10536 N. Oak Hills Pkwy - B
Baton Rouge, La. 70810
(504) 769-6608 - (504) 473-9378
Preamble: This is Shareware. I am requesting a contribution of $25 so that I may continue to produce and provide quality LaserWriter fonts at bargain prices.
Here's a few tips on how to use and enjoy your new LaserWriter+ font - Calligraphic.
This font will run on LaserWriter Plus only or if you have Adobe's ZapfChancery-MediumItalic as a downloadable font (it will have to be downloaded prior to using this font). This typeface is not italic. Furthermore, in the option-shift-letter range are White Caps on a square grey diamond-backed outlined background (Decorative Initials!). Set these Initials at 48-60 points (recommended) and wrap text around them - voila, instant 17th century manuscript!. This is a really good one - recommended for use with WORD or PageMaker..any page processor that can control leading.
There are three files included in this package; this Read Me First notice, the bitmap font and the LaserWriter font.
I hope you are reading this first.
The LaserWriter font appears on the desktop as a LaserWriter Icon with a "document" with the letter T on it. Move this icon into the system folder. It should be there for proper printing. An alternative location is with the application that will use the font. The latter is not as reliable (at least to my understanding.) That's all you have to do to install the LW font.
The bitmap font must be installed in the system that will be used with the application. It MUST be installed with Font/DA Mover 3.2 or later. Earlier versions did not create a proper FOND table in the system (the FOND is a table that holds info on kerning pairs and character widths, etc. so that LaserWriter knows where in relation to the other letter to place the character.)
I don't usually create many different sized bitmaps because the LaserWriter doesn't need them. They are only for the users convenience in helping determine how a page will be laid out. It is a real pain to edit bitmaps. Most fonts are optimized for LaserWriter and not for the bitmap versions.
Therefore, if you decide you want to experiment with cleaning up the bitmap images, there is a list of things you CANNOT do or you will destroy the relationship that exists between the screen version and the LaserWriter and the LaserWriter will not print the proper version (it will either substitute another font, or it will print the screen font).
• DO NOT CHANGE CHARACTER WIDTHS
• DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FONT
• DO NOT CHANGE THE FONT ID
It's best to do all you typing in a more readable screen font (i.e., Geneva or Chicago), check for errors, then do the final layout in the screen font (this applies more to other fonts than to this version of SansSerif, which has a very clean and readable bitmap; it even prints well on the LW as a bitmap!)
Coming very soon:
ModernPrint - looks like very fine hand printing - works best with
WORD or Pagemaker - or any application that lets you
fine control leading. This original font is
independant and compatible with any PostScript device
Cuniefont - It's readable, but I wouldn't use it on a resumé.
I'd use it on the cover of an Archaeology text
though. It's interesting. This original font is
independant and compatible with any PostScript device
SansSerif - This is a very clean, readable typeface. Very Elegant
and simple. Should be very popular for business
applications like reports, resumés, etc. This original
font is independant and compatible with any PostScript
device
MegaShade- This is a referenced font - based on Helvetica.
It is compatible with all LWs. MegaShade is an outline
face filled with 50% grey. Good headline material.
What other kinds of fonts you would like to see?
Your comments would be appreciated.
Watch this Data Library for more!
Send your money-
And enjoy!
— Butch
Added June 12:
PS- this new file was uploaded to replace the original. A few of the
letters have been removed and a reminder put in their places.
If you like the look of this typeface, then send a payment and
I'll will send you the complete version (updated version
if applicable).
I apologize for this gross inconvenience, but I never received one
payment for the original versions of all the fonts I uploaded on
this service. I really need to be able to make this income.
If you need access to a laserwriter, then maybe I can help. You
can send your disk, or make arrangements to modem your files to me.
I offer this service inexpensively. I work programmers hours, so
if you are trying reach my by phone, I'm around till 11pm (central
time) so you can make arrangements.
User groups have permission to include any font I have uploaded
on their distribution disks.
PPS- I would like to take this opportunity to announce a couple of new
fonts I have been working on.
1. a font based on Tiffany - nice serifs, thick and thin strokes
- very classy
2. a font that is invisible when printed on white space - take any
graphic object (Paint, or Draw, PageMaker, etc.) and send it to
back, then type over it and you've got random fills, any shade of
grey you want, lines to any angle, etc. Or combine any of these
together to produce unique effects. It's different every time
you use it. I have one that matches this (sans serif) font and I
will have one to match the tiffany font soon. Creative people
ought to be able to draw actual images to appear in the letter
space (like parts of faces, animals, plants etc. - even have
the drawings overlap into the foreground with careful cropping —
get the idea? A lot like Art Nouveau stuff. Desktop Publishing
is getting closer to high powered production techniques!)
Interested?
Also, any architects or other CAD users interested in having
