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RUNE FONT
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[ 01.07.96]
Enclosed with this disk should be :
1. This intro file !
2. Rune Font directory containing outlines, intmetrics and encoding files
3. A sprite file showing keyboard location of the rune characters
This selection is supplied "as is" i.e. no responsibility is taken should the wrath of
the gods cause the wanton distruction of your machine for using these files.
For more information regarding this font . . . . . . Please read on
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* RUNE FONT *
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The symbols in this font are Viking Runes, and are shown as is most common, in the
Germanic symbol representation. The order of the runes is generally accepted as being
as is shown in the sprite file, reading from left to right.
If you load up the !Chars application on your computer, then this is the order in which
you will see the runes in the Rune Font. It may be easier to
type the runes into your documents using !Chars, or you can print out a copy of the
keyboard locations of the symbols from the sprite file.
I am not going to go into the history and use of runes here, but I can suggest some
further reading, should you wish to know more about the subject :
ARCARTI , Kristyna Runes For Beginners , Hodder and Stoughton , London , 1994
BLUM , Ralph The Book Of Runes , Oracle Books , Los Angeles , 1982
COOPER, D. Jackson Using The Runes , Aquarian, London, 1988
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Thats just about enough from me , so install your new Rune Font !
1. Shift-double click on the !Boot directory, which should be on your hard drive.
2. Find the Resources directory and double click on it.
3. Shift-double click on the !Fonts directory which should be in the Resources directory.
4. Copy the directory called Runes, from the floppy disk it is supplied on, into the
!Font directory.
5. Hey Presto ! Rune Font installed and ready to use.
One last word : due to the design of the font, it is only really looks good up to a size
of 32 pt. From 33 pt size and larger, thesymbols start looking a bit ropey. Moral of the
story, use a font size of 32 pt or less !
Another last word : Fish
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This font is Public Domain. As such no charge should be made for it.
If you wish to pass it on, then please feel to do so, although please include all 3 files
(Font/Text/Sprite) for completeness.
I retain any copyright on it.
Whilst I am providing these products as Public Domain, If you find them
useful , then perhaps a small donation might not be out of order, to a
charity helping an orphanage in Romania :
Mr. Roger Cumming , ORFAN , 'Foxden' , Great Bourtan , Banbury, Oxon,
OX17 1RP.
A couple of pounds from enough people can make a huge difference.
Donations can also be passed on through me.
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Any correspondence , comments , insults , requests . . . I can be contacted at
Giles Turnbull
c/o Turnbull Edition (Music) Publications
50 Elm Drive
Llanellen
Abergavenny
Gwent
NP7 9HW , WALES
REMEMBER : The Truth Is Out There !