New in 1.2: Special characters by David B. Lamkins.
Have you ever wondered what you were missing? Line feeds, the Apple characters like and many more appear as blank boxes in lots of fonts. Almost all of the Macintosh characters, including decimal 1–24 and 218–255, and many not in ProFont, are now visible in Anonymous.
Anonymous is a nonproportional or monospaced 9 point bitmap font designed for programming, and for distinguishing between characters that can easily be confused in the Macintosh reserved ROM font Monaco 9. For example, in the Monaco 9 bitmap, an uppercase “O” looks like a zero, and a lowercase “L” looks like an uppercase “i.” This font was created in the indispensible bitmap editor Fontastic™ Plus, a product of Altsys Corporation that still runs in System 7.5.x though it was last modified in 1988. Anonymous has a beautiful overall color when set into text, and is easy to read in long stretches. The font’s name begins with “A” for easy access in font menus.
Bitmap only, not for printing. Not recommended for America Online email unless it is set as your email font preference. Recommended highly for those who are looking for a monospaced serif font and have found Monaco, ProFont and Courier wanting, and for those who spend a lot of time typing and reading on a monitor. For the record, Susan had neither seen nor heard of Andrew Welch’s ProFont until years after Anonymous was created. A small illustration of these fonts plus Monaco is included below for comparision. This version does have slashed zeros, which were included against very good advice, and can easily be removed in ResEdit.
Let us know if you have any suggestions. Someday Anonymous may be a bitmap family and outline font for printing, but that will not be anytime soon. Corrections are welcome.
• Disclaimer: Anonymous carries no warranty, express or implied. We are not responsible for damage caused by use of Anonymous.
• Revision History:
1.0 – Tuesday, November 15, 1994. First version-numbered release.
1.2 – Tuesday, May 28, 1996. Adds control and special characters by David B. Lamkins. These characters were drawn in 1994 and due to delays on Susan’s part, went unreleased until now.
• Special Thanks:
Michel Bujardet and Match Software allowed us to keep the name and trademark Anonymous. He renamed one of his fonts to make this possible. This note is only a small token, but we hope that it will carry the spirit of that decision on forever. This kindness, and respect for the trademark sign was great. Thank you, Michel Bujardet!