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Hi!
This is version 1.1 of Walrod Initials, a new shareware font
brought to you by Penguin Productions.
It is a fairly accurate knockoff of Geometrica, a font
originally released in 1985 by Autologic from artwork
prepared by Jeffrey G. Level and Bruce Frame. It contains
only 26 initial caps -- there are no accompanying lower case
letters or lining figures.
Geometrica, and its two sister fonts Champ Fleury and
Melencolia, are stylized renderings of the work of 16th
century artists Geofroy Tory and Albrecht Dürer. Both wrote
treatises outlining the procedure for the geometric
construction of Roman capitals. Each envisioned the capital
letter surrounded by a box that contained circles, arcs and
bisecting lines which follow rigid constraints.
Dover publishes a $4 edition that highlights Dürer's
discussion on capitals called "Of the Just Shaping of
Letters." Tory's work, "Champ Fleury," is more difficult to
find (I've only seen excerpts, not a full English
translation). I highly recommend the Dover book for anyone
interested in gaining an insight to the forms of capital
letters. The volume is very popular among calligraphers.
Technically, this font was rendered on the Mac using Altsys’
Fontographer 3.5 font editor. It is originally released as a
PostScript Type 1 font (although Mac TrueType and comparable
IBM versions will probably soon follow). Each capital is type
high, meaning they are EXACTLY equal to the font size called
(in 12-pt. type, the font letters will render 12 points high,
in 72-pt., they'll be 72 points high, etc.). This may cause a
problem for some applications that expect a font to have a
descender. Those applications may render the font on the
screen a little squashed, but it should print out fine. If
not, please drop me a message and I'll reduce the cap height.
The font has an Adobe UniqueID number of 5013601 (which has
been registered with Adobe, so there should be no font
caching conflict). The NFNT number used is 3060. As always,
that is in the busy shareware zone and could result in a font
conflict with other shareware/freeware fonts. It should not
conflict with any commercially released font.
The paths used in this font are complex and push the boundary
of the Type 1 font format. I have successfully imaged the
font at 200-pt. at 1270 dpi on a Linotype RIP 40. I make no
guarantees, however. Remember -- just because it images off
your laser printer, don't assume it'll run at high
resolution, especially if you're going up in size. Print a
test before you go on deadline. The higher the output
resolution and the bigger the size, the more problematic the
file could become.
Files included in this upload are:
WalroIni Type 1 Macintosh Printer Font
WalrodInitials.AFM AFM file (metric info in ASCII form)
WalrodInitials.scr The Macintosh font suitcase
READ.ME The file you are reading
This font is being released as freeware to the modem-using
typesetting community. It is my gift back to those who so
frequently help me in my struggle to set decent type in a
PostScript environment (such as Brad Walrod, for whom the
font is named).
The following restrictions apply: this font can be uploaded
onto any MUG bulletin board and included in any MUG CD-ROM
collection or MUG-authorized font disc collection. It must
include all files, including this READ.ME message. It is NOT
to be included on shareware collections sold for profit. I
dislike seeing my work lumped in with sales pitches that
promise "Over 200 megs of fonts!"
On CompuServe, Walrod Initials is available on the DTPFORUM
exclusively. It is also available in New York on a great
little BBS called Laserboard. Other bulletin boards wishing
to upload the font should contact me for permission.
I don't have a huge legal staff, but please respect my
wishes. This font is intended to be shared among the
telecommunicating typesetting community -- primarily those
who also give, either of their programming or design talents,
their knowledge or simply their understanding and sympathy
that one may encounter a production problem that might not
yet have a solution on the desktop.
Walrod Initials is released in memory of Glenn Rodgers, an
apprentice typographer at Characters Graphic Services, Inc.,
who died tragically in 1992. He is sorely missed.
Notification of any problems with the font or requests for
its upload on other bulletin boards can be made to:
Jonathan Hodges
61 Winchester Road
Ronkonkoma, New York 11779
CIS #76276,3102
Revision history:
version 1.1 corrected four character so all characters have
the same width and the same right sidebar. It also changed
the bitmap from 24-pt. to 23-pt., since 24-pt. is a popular
drop cap size and ATM renders the font at 24-pt. better than
the untouched Fontographer bitmap.