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- THIS FONT WAS MADE FOR PRINTING AND MAY NOT LOOK ITS BEST
- ON SCREEN!!
-
- IT IS A DETAILED SET OF PASSENGER TRAIN SILHOUETTES
-
-
- IF YOU LIKE THIS FONT THEN PLEASE SUPPORT IT BY PAYING THE
- SHAREWARE FEE
-
-
- 12/9/94
-
- ABOUT THE PASSENGER 2.1 FONT:
- 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 "PSNGR_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 passenger trains to your documents.
-
- There are three different locomotives and fourteen passenger
- cars. Each locomotive and car is assigned to a different key. For each
- character, lower case corresponds to facing leftward and upper case
- corresponds to facing rightward. In some cases, this is a small
- distinction, but, it is included for completeness. After loading the
- font, you should print out a copy of "PSNGR_MAP.WRI" for a sample
- of the font and to see which characters map to which keys.
- My logic for assigning the characters was to put the
- locomotives in the upper left corner of the keyboard. Along the
- middle row, I put the passenger cars from left to right in roughly the
- order you might find them in a train. Note that no train would have
- all of the cars and most trains would have had several cars of certain
- classes. But make what you like. In the bottom left, I put the
- observation cars (end cars), you have four to choose from. There is
- also a "Whoosh!" or speed line effect that is demonstrated in the
- legend file.
- Many of the cars were done from memory and are not exact
- replicas of real passenger cars. They are close though. I showed the
- font to a friend and about all he said was, "All full domes had three
- axle trucks." I will fix that as soon as I get around to drawing up
- some three axle trucks.
- I took inspiration from equipment that I am familiar with and
- from some of my favorite railroads. On the first page of the legend,
- the train at the top is roughly the Milwaukee Road Hiawatha and the
- train at the bottom is roughly the Chicago Burlington and Quincy
- Twin Zephyr.
-
- NEW WITH VERSION 2.1:
- The font itself is essentially the same as the last release. The
- only change is the fact that I finally got around to making a three
- axle truck for the full dome. I have revised the documentation to
- make it a little more user friendly and reference my newest
- products. I have added the .AFM files for OS/2 and Unix users.
-
-
- INCLUDED FILES:
- "README_P.WRI", "README_P.TXT", "PSNG_MAP.WRI",
- "RR_PSNGR.PFB", "RR_PSNGR.PFM", "RR_PSNGR.AFM", and
- "RR_PSNGR.TTF "
-
- Passenger font, all of its accompanying files and train icon are
- ⌐1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)
-
-
- Revisions:
- 1.0 The original
- 1.1 Added teach text readme file.
- 1.2 Revised address
- 2.0 FIXED a compatibility problem- some printers would not
- recognize my fonts as being different entities, now you should not
- see any conflicts between fonts. Added the IBM version. Cleaned up
- all of the characters. You shouldn't see any change, but your printer
- should.
- 2.1 Corrected a problem with the full dome glyph and updated the
- documentation. Added .AFM files for OS/2 and Unix users
-
- IN THE EVENT YOU ARE UNABLE TO OPEN THE LEGEND FILE, THIS
- FONT USES THE FOLLOWING KEYS FOR VARIOUS LOCOMOTIVE, CARS
- AND EFFECTS:
- q, Q, w, W, e, E, a, A, s, S, d, D, f, F, g, G, h, j, J, k, K, l, L, z, Z, x, X, c, C, v,
- V, ',', <, '.', >
-
-
- GENERIC README (SIMILAR IN ALL OF MY FONTS)
-
- IMPORTANT STUFF:
-
- SOME CHARACTERS MAY BE TOO DETAILED TO SHOW ON THE SCREEN
- and will appear as empty boxes. They may still print okay though.
- (See Windows True Type tip below)
-
- DO NOT INSTALL THE POST SCRIPT and TRUE TYPE VERSIONS AT THE
- SAME TIME
-
- THE TRUE TYPE FONT MAY NOT WORK ON ALL SYSTEMS, THE POST
- SCRIPT (ATM) FONT IS PREFERRED.
-
-
- ABOUT THE IBM VERSIONS:
- Yeah, I am a Mac head. I am slowly learning all I can about the
- IBM systems. I am also enlisting the help of my IBM friends as
- "consultants". This might be a bumpy road at first, but these fonts
- are pretty neat and they are worth the trek. From my end, I am
- more than willing to work with you to get the fonts to work on your
- machine. On your end, I ask for patience if they don't work on the
- first try. Please let me know ASAP if you are having any problems.
- I am willing to do minor changes or generate bit map files for DOS
- users as much as my time will permit. Let me know what you want
- or need and we'll work something out.
-
- TRUE TYPE vs. POST SCRIPT:
- On some machines, not all characters of the True Type font will
- be visible. Please don't lose heart, they are there and should print
- okay, it is just the fact that there are so many points in the character
- that windows decided you don't really need to see it. I will try to fix
- this in later versions. If the True Type font gives you problems, try
- the Post Script version, it seems to be a little more stable. Note that
- the contents of both fonts are the same.
-
-
- HOW TO INSTALL THE POST SCRIPT TRAIN FONT ON WINDOWS:
- You will need WINDOWS 3.0 or later and/or the ADOBE TYPE
- MANAGER (ATM) version 2.0 or later.
- 1) Start the ATM control panel by double clicking on it.
- 2) Click the Add button
- 3) Locate the drive/directory containing your fonts using the scroll
- bars
- 4) Double click on the drive/directory to show the names of the fonts
- on the disk
- 5) Select the fonts to install
- 6) Click the Add button
- 7) Exit ATM (you may have to restart windows to use the fonts,
- depending on the version of ATM you have)
-
- WINDOWS TRUE TYPE TIP:
- If a complex True Type font fails to print, you may be able to
- solve the problem by changing the OutlineThreshold setting in the
- [True Type] section of your Windows WIN.INI file. The default
- setting is 256 (pixels per em (if you don't know, don't worry)) and
- has a range of 0-300. If you change it to 70 (i.e.,
- OutlineThreshold=70), the True Type font might print. The price of
- this improvement may be a slower print speed. As I understand it,
- by lowering the OutlineThreshold, you are decreasing the amount of
- memory needed to print the fonts.
- You may also want to consult your Windows documentation. If
- you do find a clever fix for rendering my complex fonts, please let
- me know and I will pass the word on to other IBM users.
-
- IF YOU HAVE TROUBLES installing this font or it doesn't seem to
- print out correctly, PLEASE LET ME KNOW as soon as possible. I can
- either give you more specific instillation information or go and fix
- the bug. (e-mail is great for this, but snail mail works fine too)
-
- If you use this font in publication or on a product, please let me
- know. It is always interesting to hear the clever uses people have
- had for my fonts. (I would also love a copy of your publication for
- my scrap book)
-
-
- NOW FOR THE "ASKING FOR MONEY" BIT, AKA, THIS IS SHAREWARE:
- 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.
- 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)
- 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.
-
- THE FINE PRINT:
- -Each font or icon package is an individual product. Thus, if you
- keep Passenger Font and Freight Font, you should pay $20, not $10.
-
- -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.
-
- -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 $5 for each
- additional font.
-
- -If you do not reside in the US, then getting a check in US$ 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)
-
- -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)
-
-
- WHY SHOULD YOU SEND IN THE SHAREWARE FEE?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
-
-
- BENEFITS OF PAYING THE SHAREWARE FEE:
- 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.
-
-
- GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS, RAIL FONTS MAKE GREAT BIRTHDAY
- GIFTS (GRIN):
- You are free to distribute this font, as long as you include all of
- the files that it came with it (see the beginning of this document for
- the packing list)
-
-
- NOW SHOWING: (i.e., other great shareware products to look for)
- (available for the MAC or IBM unless noted)
-
- NEW
- -Warbonnet- Mac only- a gray scale type3 font &/or color eps clipart
- depicting the streamlined passenger trains of the AT&SF
- -Daylight- Mac only- a gray scale type3 font &/or color eps clipart
- depicting the 1937 SP Daylights.
- -Zephyr- an art deco font styled after Zephyr Gothic, the letterface
- used by CB&Q, WP et al.
- -TrainTracks- snap track for your word processor.
-
- IMPROVED
- -RailPassenger- a high resolution picture font that allows you to
- couple together a passenger train ca. 1950.
- -RailFreight- a high resolution picture font that allows you to couple
- together a freight train ca. 1960.
- -RailModPax- a high resolution picture font that allows you to couple
- together a modern day passenger train (i.e. Amtrak).
-
- -RailroadRoman- a high quality roman font in the style of hand
- lettering on railroad cars ca. 1900.
- -EmpireBuilder- styled after the typeface used by Great Northern on
- their passenger trains ca. 1950.
- -AlphabetTrain- RailroadRoman meets RailFreight, i.e. letters on flat
- cars, good for titles and page numbers.
-
- -RailHeralds- a picture font containing a collection of high resolution
- (I use that phrase a lot) rail heralds.
-
- -Rail Icons- Mac only- approximately 60 rail related icons
- (locomotives, cars and heralds).
-
-
- Look for them on the net, the WEB, Compuserve, AOL, your
- favorite bulletin board, or send me a couple of FORMATTED 3.5" disks
- and a SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE. I'll fill the disks up and
- return it.
-
-
- 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.
-
-
- Benn Coifman
- ASUC Box 624 # 4510,
- Bancroft & Telegraph
- Berkeley, CA 94720-4510
-
- --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
-
-