January 5, 1993

Dear Linguist,

The enclosed files constitute the SIL Encore IPA Fonts. They are
in both TrueType and PostScript Type 1 formats. Please read the
enclosed documentation for more specific information on the
fonts.

The Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) is an organization of
linguists dedicated to the study and promotion of the thousands
of minority languages around the world. The Printing Arts
Department serves SIL by developing products to assist in the
publication of linguistic texts.

We are happy to make these IPA fonts available to the general
linguistic community at no charge. Future releases of SIL fonts,
containing a much richer phonetic character set (750+
characters), will not be free but can be obtained (after 11/92)
at a very reasonable cost by writing to the address below.

You may (and are encouraged to) share these fonts with your
friends and co-workers, but with the following restrictions:

  * All files must be copied together, including this one.
  * No fee may be charged for the fonts

Even though these fonts are "free", SIL retains all copyright and
ownership of the included fonts and reserves the right to
restrict their use and distribution at any time. They may not be
used as a basis for other fonts. They may be placed on bulletin
boards, etc. but cannot be included in (or bundled with) any
commercial product including hard disks or CD-ROMs.

Unfortunately, there is no ideal way to distribute electronically
the Font Keyboard Layout charts and Access Code Tables for the
fonts. You can obtain printed copies of the keyboard charts, as
well as the documentation, by sending $3 ($5 outside the U.S.)
to the address below. I'll try to get them to you quickly.

We hope you like these fonts. Please give us your suggestions and
feedback to make them better. Thanks for your help!

Victor Gaultney

SIL Printing Arts Department
7500 West Camp Wisdom Road
Dallas, TX 75236  USA
Phone: (214) 709-2420
Fax: (214) 709-3387
Internet: victor.gaultney@huntpo.sil.org