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The Aïtos font is copyright 1996 Kevin Simpson & WCA Co.
The terms and conditions relating to your use of this font are set out after
this brief introduction in this text file. You are asked to read them
carefully before installing or using the Aïtos font for the first time. All
users are asked to read the section headed "Outputting/typesetting/
imagesetting bureaux".
* Special note to CD users
Where references to deleting the font after the trial period are made, you
can obviously only delete it from your hard disk and not from the CD. For
this reason the font is in an archive file to make direct installation from
the CD difficult. Please take the license instructions in the spirit they
were intended and only use the font for one trial period before de-installing
and not using it again; unless a licence is sought at a later date.
The Aïtos font represents many hours work and is not freeware. You are
invited to try the font for 28 days and if you find that you like it and
would like to keep it, you must register your copy. If you don't like it or
don't want to pay for it you must delete all copies of it and not use it
again. The registration fee you should pay depends on your circumstances,
see the "Terms and Conditions" section below.
Aïtos (a-ee-toss) gets its name from my mind, where it simply popped up one
day whilst designing the "P".
It is definitely not a body copy font, that is to say it should be reserved
for short and snappy bits of copy such as headlines, advertisements, titles,
signs etc. Don't set a whole novel or news story in it. After saying that,
however all situations are different and someone somewhere may find it
useful for huge swathes of text. All rules are there to be broken, if you
can break them sensibly and with feeling and subtlety you will produce
something striking and off-beat. In short... experiment and be critical of
everything.
If you find an unusual or particularly interesting use for the font I would
be very happy to receive examples.
The Western Commercial Arts Co is a small graphic design practice producing
top quality design at realistic prices. We are fully qualified and
experienced with a cherry-picked a client base that is growing steadily. As
well as conventional graphic design we produce typefaces for anyone willing
to buy our time and expertise. Some typefaces are designed for pure
pleasure, however. One of the Western Commercial Arts Co.'s employees is one
of the very very few people in the world with both the creative/design
training/qualifications and expertise as well as the technical "Acorn font
knowledge" necessary to design and produce a fully working, properly hinted
font through initial concept to finished product.
More fonts will be made available (depending on the success of this trial)
and a new organisation called Cybertype (©) may well be set up to distribute
them. Initial trials and research shows that Cybertype should operate only
on the worldwide web and will probably be not so much "launched" as much as
simply "fizzle slowly into existence" without a huge amount of publicity.
The address will be something like
http://www.wcartsco.demon.co.uk/ctype.html so keep trying.
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* Installation:
To install the font simply copy it from the Zip archive into your fonts
directory then reset your computer. If your fonts directory's name starts
with "!" (for example !Fonts) then you can only open it by holding down the
shift key whilst double clicking on it. If you have a "Messages" file in
your fonts directory remember to update it by adding the name of the
WCACoAitos font. Or using the program that made the Messages file again.
If you are using a utility to enable you to use many different directories
of fonts or font combinations then refer to the documentation for that
utility for installation instructions.
RISC OS 2 users will not be able to use the Aïtos font as it is supplied.
Please write to Kevin Simpson, include the correct fee for the type of
License you need and ask for a RISC OS 2 version.
RISC OS 2 users are strongly advised to upgrade to the latest RISC OS
version that will operate properly in their computers.
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To contact Kevin Simpson or to register the Aïtos font and receive your copy
of its "expert" set of characters write to:
WCA Co
5 Leicester,
Crown Wood,
Bracknell,
Berks. RG12 0TS
You can also contact Kevin Simpson and WCA Co. by internet:
email: faces@wcartsco.demon.co.uk
web: http://www.wcartsco.demon.co.uk/
Please make cheques payable to "Kevin Simpson".
Enquiries from people wishing to find out more about WCA Co, its graphic
design service or having a custom typeface made are welcome.
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Terms and conditions attached to your use of the Aïtos font.
If, after reading these terms and conditions, you do not agree to abide by
them you must delete all copies of the Aïtos font and any associated files
you may have.
* Copyright:
Copyright of the font, its data, "look and feel" and character shapes is
retained by Kevin Simpson. Copying (other than for legitimate back up
purposes), disassembling, reverse engineering, or changing/altering the font
or its data in any way constitutes a breach of these terms, renders any
copies of the font you have illegal and is a breach of international
copyright law.
* The benefits of registering the Aïtos font:
On registering you will receive a full License appropriate to your type of
use, and the Aïtos "expert" font on disk. Registering will encourage me and
others to produce other quality original typefaces and will increase the
choice of fonts available to computer users.
When registering please make your cheque payable to "Kevin Simpson" and send
it to the address shown above. You may wish to telephone or email to confirm
the address is still current if you are registering some time after the
release of this CD.
* Distribution:
Copies of the font may be distributed by individuals as long as the font is
not altered in any way and this entire Read Me file accompanies it in the
same Archived directory. Anyone receiving a copy of the font in this way
must abide by these terms and conditions or delete all copies of the font
they may have.
* "PD" libraries and font emporium disks:
Anyone wishing to include the font in a "PD" library or on any kind of CD or
other disk with applications and other fonts can do so as long as no profit
is made and any charge levied is for reasonable post and packing costs only.
Please contact Kevin Simpson for the latest copy of the font before
inclusion or disk mastering.
It is expressly forbidden to include the font on any kind of disk or CD with
fonts by other designers where fonts constitute the whole of or the major
part of its contents.
* Special note to CD users
Where references to deleting the font are made, you can obviously only
delete it from your hard disk and not from the CD. For this reason the font
is in an archive file to make direct installation from the CD difficult.
Please take the license instructions in the spirit they were intended and
only use the font for one trial period before de-installing and not using it
again; unless a licence is sought at a later date.
* Single User License:
You are granted a Single User Stand Alone License to use the font on one
stand alone Acorn computer and permanently connected printer for the
duration of the 28day trial period. If you wish to continue to use the font
after the 28day trial period a License must be sought. To obtain a License
send a cheque drawn on a UK bank, postal order or (at your own risk) paper
UK currency for £12.50 sterling to Kevin Simpson. You may send the
equivalent of £15 in any other paper currency. All users are asked to read
the section headed "Outputting/typesetting/imagesetting bureaux".
* Site License:
If you wish to use the font on more than one computer at the same postal
address a Site License must be sought. To obtain a Site License send a
cheque drawn on a UK bank, postal order or (at your own risk) paper UK
currency for £25 sterling to Kevin Simpson. You may send the equivalent of
£35 in any other paper currency. All users are asked to read the section
headed "Outputting/typesetting/imagesetting bureaux".
* Business Use:
If you wish to use the font for profit-making, or in a profit-making
business environment a Business Use License must be sought. To obtain a
Business Use License send a cheque drawn on a UK bank, postal order or (at
your own risk) paper UK currency for £25 sterling to Kevin Simpson. You may
send the equivalent of £35 in any other paper currency. All users are asked
to read the section headed "Outputting/typesetting/imagesetting bureaux".
* Business Use Site License:
If you wish to use the font for profit-making, or in a profit-making
business environment on more than one computer at the same postal address a
Business Use Site License must be sought. The Business Use Site License
allows you to use the font on more than one stand alone Acorn system and
output devices at the same postal address. The Business Use Site License
costs £55 UK currency, PO or cheque (£70 any other currency). All users are
asked to read the section headed "Outputting/typesetting/imagesetting
bureaux".
* Outputting/typesetting/imagesetting bureaux:
The font may be encoded into PostScript document files by the licensee for
the purpose of output at a bureau as long as any copies of the encoded font
are purged from the outputting system after completion of the job and no
copies are kept by the bureau. The font must not, under any circumstances,
be supplied separately to the bureau for the purpose of outputting your
document; to use the font the bureau must apply for a Business Use License
or a Business Use Site License as set out above.
* Charitable organizations:
If you wish to use the font in a UK charitable organisation send £3 or its
equivalent (to cover post and packing) to Kevin Simpson with a note on
letterheaded paper clearly displaying your charity number stating what type
of License you need. If you are not in the UK send proof of your charity
status and £5 in UK currency or cheque drawn on a UK bank.
--- Kevin Simpson 1-4-97
CD 001