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
Preamble: This is Shareware. I am requesting a contribution of $20 (although I'm not proud...I'll accept any amount) so that I may continue to produce and provide quality LaserWriter fonts at bargain prices. The bank keeps knocking on my door...
Here's a few tips on how to use and enjoy your new PostScript font - SansSerif.
This font will run on any PostScript device. It is, in my opinion, a very
elegant and readable typeface. It can be used for anything from business correspondance to resumÄs to ad copy, etc. I'm sure it will be used quite a bit in place of either Avante Garde or Helvetica.
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 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).
Ñ DO NOT CHANGE CHARACTER WIDTHS
Ñ DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FONT
Ñ 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.
Cuniefont - It's readable, but I wouldn't use it on a resumÄ.
I'd use it on the cover of an Archaeology text
though. It's interesting.
Calligraphic - This one references a LW+ font -
ZapfChancery-MediumItalic. However, this one 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.
MegaShade- This is another referenced font - based on Helvetica.
It is compatible with all LWs. MegaShade is an outline
face filled with 50% grey. Good headline material.
