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- INTRODUCTION:
- =============
- There are 13 fonts in this directory, named *.fnt after the
- corresponding options to the DOS "vfont" program. Here are their
- respective descriptions, taken from the vfont documentation:
-
-
- FONTS
- -----
- s.fnt Solid-line, swiss font. A san-serif font. Solid-line
- means double-line line-drawing characters are rendered
- as a thicker solid line.
- sd.fnt Swiss-double, san-serif with the double-line line-
- drawing characters as they are in the default font.
- r.fnt Roman, complete with varying character line widths,
- serifs, and numbers that are non-lining (i.e. extend
- below the baseline).
- ro.fnt Roman Oblique, a variation on Roman.
- rl.fnt Roman Large, a taller version of Roman.
- mu.fnt Muchery (TM) a wide, san-serif font.
- ml.fnt Muchery Large, a taller version of Muchery.
- t.fnt Tektite, a "Architect" style font.
- c.fnt Clouds, a tall hybrid font.
- b.fnt Blockx, a very large and bold san-serif font.
- m.fnt Moderne, a highly stylized art-deco/moderne font.
- mr.fnt Moderne Round, a rounded version of Moderne.
- sc.fnt Scrawl, a handwritten-looking "scrawled" font.
- Peoples' reaction to this font ranges from horror to
- delight. Personally, I like it (for short stretches
- anyway) it makes the computer screen less perfect and
- even, more organic.
- Even if you don't like it, its a great gag font - put
- it on your co-workers computer today! Scrawl is an
- extensively re-worked version of a public-domain font
- (which had no name).
-
- SOURCE:
- =======
-
- These fonts were taken from version 5.10 of the DOS - OS/2 program called
- "vfont". It can be found via anon ftp on many sites as "vfont2.zip" which
- is 29312 bytes. In this version of the program, the fonts are seperated
- from the DOS "vfont.com" program, and hence are easy to recover in a
- Linux useable format. They are stored as 13 consecutive 4096 byte font
- records in the file "vfont.dat". See the file "SCRIPT" if you want to
- know how to derive them from this file.
-
- COPYRIGHT:
- ==========
-
- Here is the original copyright from "vfont.man":
- -----------------
- VFONT and VFONT/2 are copyrighted by clySmic software, and are
- released as "Freeware".
- You may copy the program and distribute it without charge. You may
- not sell or otherwise charge for VFONT & VFONT/2. However, users'
- groups may charge a small fee (not to exceed $10) for media and
- postage.
- This program is provided AS IS without any warranty, expressed or
- implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular
- purpose. So there.
- clySmic software is not responsible for anything that may happen when
- you use VFONT and VFONT/2, including hardware damage, information
- loss, or crossed-eyes from looking at Scrawl.
- Ralph B Smith Jr
- clySmic software
- P. O. Box 2421
- Empire State Plaza
- Albany, NY 12220
- (Please note the new P.O. Box Number)
- -----------------
-
- Enjoy,
- Paul.
-