Ashley is a new TrueType font that mimics a sophisticated, probably female, print handwriting. It’s wonderful for adding realistic annotations to documents, or making “handwritten” memos. Rotating the words slightly and putting them in another color maximizes the effect.
When Ashley was first released in Type 1 PostScript format in April 1991, it quickly became one of the most popular shareware fonts on all the online services. However, some people experienced difficulties getting it to work with Adobe Type Manager and non-PostScript printers. The current TrueType release should be free of all these annoyances.
You are welcome to install Ashley:
Under System 6.0.x (or earlier), use the Font/DA mover 4.1 (or Suitcase II etc.) to install the Ashley TrueType font into your system file.
Under System 7.0, you can just drag the font within Ashley.suit into your System file. An easy shortcut I tend to get away with is simply dragging Ashley.suit onto the System folder icon, and letting the System place the font and get rid of the suitcase for me.
Take a look at it, write a personalized memo to yourself, print some out...You can even imagine your secretary writing like this (great for those who don’t have a secretary, but wished they did!).
Ashley is being distributed as SHAREWARE. This allows you to try it out before you decide whether it’s worth keeping. If you keep it and use it, The Author (that’s me) requests that you pay him $10 by check or money order in US funds. If you are using it for commercial purposes, please pay $25. When I receive and cash your check, you are granted a license to use Ashley (the Author maintains the copyright). If you don’t like it, or don’t feel it’s worth $10 to you, drag it into the trash, or let your friends & associates take a look instead.
You are free to distribute & upload Ashley, provided that you keep all of these files (Especially this one!) TOGETHER and ABSOLUTELY UNALTERED. Best bet is to distribute the Stuffit archive as you received it. Please don’t sell Ashley or use it as an incentive to sell something else (Contact me for permission to include it in commercial ShareWare libraries).
If you feel too lazy/cheap/busy to send me a check, imagine how long it takes to make and refine a typeface, drawn completely de novo (i.e. without another font serving as a template) Think how much you would have paid for a font like this retail. The more people respond favorably, the more incentive I’ll have to make new and better typefaces, and support the ones I’ve made...the shareware concept makes computing better for all of us. Thanks for your support, and enjoy the Font!
Please make check payable to (and send to):
Peter Jensen
152 Hawthorne Ave.
Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 USA
Also:
A full TrueType Ashley character set is available for $25. This includes licensing & registration, materials, postage & handling. Please specify that you want The "ASHLEY FULL CHARACTER SET" with your check. All foreign characters, diacriticals, etc. are included as well as Bitmap Collections, Type 1 PostScript format, and Illustrator/Freehand EPS Art for customization. I’m also looking into developing an Ashley font family with Bold and Italic forms. Please ask for samples of my other creations!
Those who’ve already paid their ShareWare fees for earlier versions of Ashley are of course exempted from any upgrade charge. :)
