Index of /cica9308/UNZIPPED/FONTS/ATM/WALRODIN

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[DIR] Parent Directory        06-Dec-2005 04:24      -  
[TXT] WALRODIN.AFM            01-Oct-1992 17:00     2k  
[TXT] WALRODIN.BMA            01-Oct-1992 17:00     4k  
[TXT] WALRODIN.PFB            01-Oct-1992 17:00    21k  

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 DŸrer. 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 DŸrer'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 AltsysÕ 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.