The MazeMaker package is designed to produce mazes which are printed. Much of the diversity of what the package produces is not in the program (though it creates a wider range of mazes by far than any other maze program I have seen), but in the over 75 specialized typefaces which are part of the package. Because each of these typefaces contains up to seven different ways of displaying mazes, the package contains well over 200 different ways to exhibit mazes.
A good way to see what is available is to print out samples of all the typefaces in the various possibilities they offer. However, MazeFont Slide Show offers a simpler, less time-consuming alternative. The Slide Show allows one to page through the possibilities in two ways. With the Back and Next buttons one can control the pace, or with the Reverse or Forward buttons one can let the program show the mazefonts in a slide show at whatever speed one finds comfortable. (One can also use the keyboard; just hit the letter which begins the word in the button.)
A complete mazefont contains seven possible variations, but most mazefonts are not complete. If an empty slot is at the right of the display on the screen, nothing is printed. If there are variations which are available displayed to the right of an empty slot, a place holder in the form of a message that the variation is "Not Available" box is printed. Hence if one wants to see all the possibilities for an enhanced-four maze, one can use the program to scan through the mazefonts, seeing what is shown in the third sample of the top row. To see what fonts can display a hexagonal maze with underpasses, one looks at the third sample in the second row. An so on.
The font samples were prepared from screen shots. Sometimes results will be considerable better with printed results, especially if one prints to a PostScript printer.
The mazefonts in the slide show are arranged in the order they appear on a font menu if all are installed.
(The icon for the program was designed by Matthew Schenk.)
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Listing of MazeFonts as they appear in the program:
1 MazeFont-Arrow
2 MazeFont-Bead
3 MazeFont-Blocky
4 MazeFont-Bricks
5 MazeFont-Bubble
6 MazeFont-Cards
7 MazeFont-Cavern
8 MazeFont-Chain
9 MazeFont-Clouds
10 MazeFont-Ddd
11 MazeFont-Feet
12 MazeFont-Flower
13 MazeFont-Interchange
14 MazeFont-Maze
15 MazeFont-Mystery
16 MazeFont-NewLetter
17 MazeFont-Octo
18 MazeFont-Pipe
19 MazeFont-Plain
20 MazeFont-Pointer
21 MazeFont-Puzzle
22 MazeFont-Question
23 MazeFont-Rooms
24 MazeFont-Scales
25 MazeFont-Shoes
26 MazeFont-Sidewalk
27 MazeFont-Slant
28 MazeFont-Static
29 MazeFont-Swirl
30 MazeFont-Thin
31 MazeFont-ThreeD
32 MazeFont-Tiles
33 MazeFont-TnkrToy
34 MazeFont-Train
35 MazeFont-Tunnel
36 MazeFont-Unbubble
37 MazeFont-Vegas
38 MazeFont-Vine
39 MazeFont-Waves
40 MazeFont-Words
41 MazeFont-Xses
42 MazeFontEquality
43 MazeFontMongol
44 MazeFontRibbon
45 MazeFontScawl-Bold
46 MazeFontScrawl-Plain
47 MazeFontStarry
48 MazeFontStella
49 MazeFour-Bird
50 MazeFour-Blocks
51 MazeFour-Canada
52 MazeFour-Checkered
53 MazeFour-Circle
54 MazeFour-Diamond
55 MazeFour-Domes
56 MazeFour-Eye
57 MazeFour-HatCheck
58 MazeFour-Hatchet
59 MazeFour-Inlay
60 MazeFour-Insert
61 MazeFour-Kepler
62 MazeFour-Landing
63 MazeFour-Pennies
64 MazeFour-Quilt
65 MazeFour-Rings-Bold
66 MazeFour-Rings-Plain
67 MazeFour-Squared
68 MazeFour-SquareTurned
69 MazeFour-TriCubed
70 MazeFour-Yooo
71 MazeFour-Zippy
72 MazeFour-ZippyTwo
73 Maze-Slant-Xses
74 MazeSlantBead
75 MazeSlantBubble
76 MazeSlantEquality
77 MazeSlantJane
78 MazeSlantWavy
******June 1994*******
I have left direct distribution of software. If you want the latest versions (as of June, 1994) of my Maze Construction Kit, you will it them on Font Pro Vol 3 from Wayzata Technology. The product should have a retail price of about $30, and you may be able to find it under $20. Though the main content is typefaces, I have included a bunch of goodies, such as versions of Be Fruitful and Multiply, Andy's Letters, and the Maze Construction Set.
For more information, contact Wayzata Technology at
