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ComicsCarToon v.1
Shareware, $14
Remit To:
Pat Snyder
1797 Ross Inlet Road
Coos Bay, OR 97420
A Type 1 font for cartoonists. After studying many different styles of
lettering used in the comics, I saw there was enough of a ¼common thread½
to have the keyboard (with a few adjustments) replace the bulk of the
lettering done by pen & ink.
The ¼thread½ consists of two basic concepts. First, cartoonists tend to use
all caps (avoiding ascenders & descenders for design purposes). Secondly,
they use a set of letters that represent dialogue (straight pen & ink
lettering) and another representing expression (POW, BANG, Z-Z-Z-Z, WHAM,
etc.).
ComicsCarToon is, as you will find, three all caps fonts in one (Dialogue &
two sets of Expression on one keyboard). I felt two sets of expression
styles were needed for variety ± by using one or the other or intermingled.
Use for cartooning, eye-catching notices, ad display or to convey
spontaneous, impulsive expression. Use it for copy needing to convey
messages of the cartoonist. Instead of reaching for the pen and india ink
to carefully print dialogue inside balloons, you now reach for the
keyboard, click away, and then surround with a balloon.
Screen fonts: 14, 24. Works well with ATM. Move printer file into the
system folder, and install screen font via SuitCase or DA Mover etc. If
your software does not use AFM files, that file may be discarded.
Try and ENJOY!.......then if you use and enjoy, honor the shareware fee of
$14. If you SHARE this font, please include all files and documents in one
folder.
I currently teach drawing, painting, printmaking, year book DTP, and
commercial art to future artists, possibly typographers (alias) high school
students; and produce serious art for local, regional and national juried
exhibitions and I golf.
Comments, suggestions² both bricks and bouquets always welcome to
Pat or Gail at the above address or:
CompuServe: 76307,2431.
America Online: Rps82
History:
Since creating my first font SnyderSpeed Brush (11/91 v.1 upper case only),
the encouragement of shareware fees and/or input from users, allowed me to
update SnyderSpeed by adding lower case (1/92), plus create OregonWet (on
AOL's Nov. 91 top download's list), OregonDry, MarkerFeltThin 2/92,
MarkerFeltWide 4/92 (used by Aldus Magazine's "New Comics" article,
pgs.18-20 July/Aug '92 issue) StarsAndStripes 7/92, ComicsCartoon 9/92.
Note: 9/26/92 Major updates to MarkerFeltThin (v2), MarkerFeltWide (v2) and
SnyderSpeed Brush (v3) were completed 8/92, with 40 new characters
and/symbols added to each including em and en dashes, bullet, #, cents
sign, ellipses, and ’ “ ¤. They haven't yet been released via modem or
catalog/disk services, as I'm in the process of first mailing registered
users their free updates -- especially users who have registered two or
more of my fonts. (It DOES pay to support shareware!) This will take me
another month or two to complete. Then, I'll release the updated versions.
Fonts available both in Type 1 and True Type Formats on AOL and Type 1 on
CompuServe.
Thanks ahead of time for supporting shareware.