home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Galaxy of Home Office Help - Fonts
/
font.bin
/
e
/
emp_bldr.txt
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1994-09-10
|
9KB
|
202 lines
IF YOU LIKE THIS FONT THEN PLEASE SUPPORT IT BY PAYING THE
SHAREWARE FEE
9/9/94
ABOUT EMPIRE BUILDER 1.0 FONT:
This font was inspired by the lettering used by the Great Northern
Railway on their passenger trains from the late 40's through the mid
60's. Looking at this typeface, it is hard to believe that it is at
least 50 years old. The Great Northern Pictorial Volume 3, by John F.
Strauss, Jr., was a great source of photographs to work from.
After loading up the True Type file, print out a copy of
"EB_MAP.DOC" for a quick overview of the font. There are two special
keys that I have been having trouble translating over from the Mac, so I
decided not to document them in the "MAP" file, but I will mention them
here in case you feel like messing with them. This may or may not work
for you, be warned that I got it to work on screen but not on the
printer: "<" = 1/4th space, ">" = 3/4th space.
WHAT IS THAT TRAIN DOING ON THE "MAP" SHEET?
That is a sample from RailPassenger. The true type hinting may mess
these characters up on some printers, but the post script version of
RailFreight works fine. I wanted to put in a couple of toys for those
of you who don't have my whole font collection.
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 should print okay though.
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 FONT IS
PREFERED.
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.
HOW TO INSTALL THE TRAIN FONT ONTO YOUR SYSTEM:
You will need Windows 3.1 or later for this True Type font.
1) Double click on the Windows control panel to open it.
2) Open the fonts panel
3) Select Add
4) Choose the drive from the list
5) Choose the directory from the directory list
6) Select the fonts you want to install from the list of fonts
7) Select "OK" ton install
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)
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 $10 "shareware" fee to myself, at the address below.
Please include a brief note describing where you got this font, what you
like about it, and what you would like to see added to it.
If you just have to have the full collection of my train fonts,
send a FORMATTED 3.5" HD disk (they won't fit on an 800k disk any more)
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, EmpireBuilder Font, in any publication or
any product unless you register your copy of EmpireBuilder Font 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.
-I would love a copy of any publication or product that incorporates my
fonts.
-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 17 people have registered my shareware products since I first
released them six 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... 30 Meg of hard disk devoted to fonts and icon
development.
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 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.
GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS, EMPIRE BUILDER FONT MAKES A GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFT
(GRIN):
You are free to distribute this font, as long as you include all 5
of the files that it came with. I.e.:
"CONTENTS.TXT", "README.WRI", "README.TXT", "EB_MAP.WRI", and
"EMP_BLDR.TTF"
NOW SHOWING: (i.e., other great shareware products to look for)
-available for the MAC or IBM unless noted-
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, Compuserve, your favorite bulletin
board, or send me a FORMATTED 3.5" disk and a SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED
ENVELOPE. I'll fill the disk up and return it.
COMING SOON:
Zephyr, Steam Engines, Modern Freight, Milwaukee Passenger, Mass
Transit, and many more.
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,
Telegraph & Bancroft
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
zephyr@uclink.berkeley.edu
Empire Builder font, all of its accompanying files and train icon
are c1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)
REVISIONS:
1.0 The original