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Passenger
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<H2>Passenger</H2>
It is a detailed set of passenger train silhouettes
<P>
This font is a virtual railroad for your printer. You will need a
high resolution printer to truly appreciate this font. The screen bit
map isn't the best , but load up the PostScript 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.
<P>
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.
<P>
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.
<P>
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.
<P>
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.
<P>
NEW WITH VERSION 2.1:
<P>
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.
<HR>
Font Formats:
<UL>
<LI> <a href="ADOBE.html">Adobe</a> (Type 1 [pfa & pfb], Type 3, Bitmap)
<LI> <a href="DMF.html">DMF</a> (+ bitmap)
<LI> <a href="INTELLIFONT.html">IntelliFont</a>
<LI> <a href="TRUETYPE.html">Truetype</a>
</UL>
Font ID: 29160
<P>
Directory: Picture/Passenger
<HR>
Passenger font, all of its accompanying files and train icon are
©1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)
<PRE>
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
</PRE>
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, ',', <, '.', >
<P>
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)
<P>
NOW FOR THE "ASKING FOR MONEY" BIT, AKA, THIS IS SHAREWARE:
<P> 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.
<P> 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)
<P> 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.
<P>THE FINE PRINT:
<UL>
<LI>Each font or icon package is an individual product. Thus, if you
keep Passenger Font and Freight Font, you should pay $20, not $10.
<LI>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.
<LI>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 $5 for each
additional font.
<LI>If you do not reside in the US, then getting a check in US$ 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)
<LI>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)
</UL>
WHY SHOULD YOU SEND IN THE SHAREWARE FEE?
<P> 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.
<P> 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.
<P> 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.
<P>
BENEFITS OF PAYING THE SHAREWARE FEE:
<P> 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.
<P>
GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS, RAIL FONTS MAKE GREAT BIRTHDAY
GIFTS (GRIN):
<P>
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.
<PRE>
Benn Coifman
ASUC Box 624 # 4510,
Bancroft & Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94720-4510
USA
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--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
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