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- <H2>Zephyr</H2>
- The first thing I wanted to do when I started to think about
- fonts was to make a train that would couple together as you typed. I
- now have three of those. The second thing I wanted to do was make
- a font of the typeface used by Chicago Burlington and Quincy on their
- Zephyr trains (known as Zephyr Gothic). It took a little while, but
- here it is.
- <P> In 1936, American transportation was forever changed by the
- introduction of the Pioneer Zand a similar
- train on the Union Pacific. The two new trains were small and sleek,
- they were the first streamliners. They looked like a rocket ship out
- of Buck Rogers. They were a major break from the traditional steam
- train with blunt and heavy cars. The railroads were trying to
- recapture business lost to the Great Depression, the automobile and
- the up and coming air plane. No expense was spared, the trains were
- stylized inside an out. Even the lettering.
- <P> Within a furlington's passenger trains
- were lettered in the Zephyr typeface. The most famous train to use
- this typeface was the California Zephyr. Three railroads pulled the CZ
- from Chicago to Oakland, the Burlington, Denver & Rio Grande
- Western and Western Pacific. The other two roads also used this
- lettering on their cars.
- <P> After poking around for references for this font, I discovered
- that a number of other railroads used the same lettering. It would
- seem that it was more of aurlington lettering
- (Budd built the Pioneer Zephyr). Both Chicago Rock Island & Pacific
- and Florida East Cost used this letterface for their cars. There were
- also a number of cars built for foreign countries that were lettered
- using this letterface (e.g., Brazil and Portugal).
- <P> I used Portrait of a Silver Lady by Bruce A. MacGregor and Ted
- Benson; CZ-The Story of the California Zephyr by Karl R.
- Zimmermann; and the Illustrated Treasury of Budd Railway
- Passenger Cars by Jae photos to design this
- font. I would also like to thank the owners of the Silver Lariat
- (California Zephyr Railcar Charters) for their help in finding reference
- material.
- <P> I still haven't gotten around to learning how to kern. A couple
- of registered users who received an advance copy of the font
- complained that "SILVER POTATO" did not look right. The spacing
- was all wrong between the "LV". So, I have tackled the worst
- kerning pairs with my knuckle head kerning. (rail f... sorry)
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- Font Formats:
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- <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>
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- Font ID: 51428
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- Directory: Deco/WilhelmKling
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- Zephyr font, all of its accompanying files and train icon are
- ©1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)
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- Revisions:
- 1.1 The original (1.0 was used ion)
- In CZHeralds font,
- "a" = WP herald, "jkl" = CZ logo (note that the order is important)
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- <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.ide 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
- STdress 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
- 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 thPROFIT 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 (hiay 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 servicwithout contacting me)
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- 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 re 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>
-
- BENEWARE 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
- 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.
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- 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)
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- zephyr@cory.eecs.beclink.berkeley.edu
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