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- From: "Ronald Glatz" <GLATZ@EAEPS1.TUWIEN.AC.AT>
- Subject: Re: Calligraphy fonts
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- > I don't recommend public domain fonts, mostly because I've had such terrible
- > experience with them. They're usually of very inferior quality. I'd
- > recommend you hop on down to your local computer software store and take a
- > look at a few of the inexpensive Truetype collections. (Ie. the Microsoft
- > Truetype Font Pack, Keyfonts, Typecase, Infinitype, etc. etc. etc.) You can
- > get one of those for about thirty bucks or so and most have quite a few
- > decent fonts. (Being a Font Junkie, myself, I have Typecase I, Typecase II
- > and Keyfonts.) Advantages to these kinds of packages include the fact that
- > you don't have to worry about missing characters -- they generally have the
- > full ANSI set of characters. Also, they tend to look nicer when you print on
- > paper.
- >
- > Sharon
- > oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu
- >
- You're completely right about the quality of most PD fonts and it is
- very annoying for me German speaking user not to get the complete
- ANSI character set. But I must add that the quality of the low cost
- Truetype fonts doesn't match the quality of professional Type 1
- ("Postscript") fonts.
-
- --Ron.
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