Empire Builder

This font was inspired by the lettering used by the Great Northern Railway on their passenger trains from the late 40's through the mid 60's. Looking at this typeface, it is hard to believe that it is at least 50 years old. The Great Northern Pictorial Volume 3, by John F. Strauss, Jr., was a great source of photographs to work from.

Font Formats:

Adobe (Type 1 [pfa & pfb], Type 3, Bitmap)
DMF (+ bitmap)
IntelliFont
Truetype

Font ID: 54543

Directory: Deco/Elzevier

NEW WITH VERSION 1.1:

Well, um... nothin'. Only two of my fonts were spared the revisionist touch and this was one of them. However, I did muck about the documentation a fair bit. Added .AFM file for OS/2 and Unix users.

Empire Builder font, all of its accompanying files and train icon are �1994 Benn Coifman. (that looks so nasty now that I typed it)

Revisions:
1.0	The original
1.1	Still the original but with better documentation.  Added .AFM 
	files for OS/2 and Unix users

IMPORTANT STUFF:

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)

NOW FOR THE "ASKING FOR MONEY" BIT, AKA, THIS IS SHAREWARE:

You are free to use (play with, throw at the cat, etc.) this font for one week after receiving it. If you like it and decide 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.

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 STAMPED ENVELOPE to the address below. (I hate to format disks and you will be sure to get the right machine, Mac or IBM, this way)

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.

Each font or icon package is an individual product. Thus, if you keep Passenger Font and Freight Font, you should pay $20, not $10.
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.
If you decide to keep several of my shareware products and you are only using them for personal applications (or you are using them for a struggling NONPROFIT 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 $5 for each additional font.
If you do not reside in the US, then getting a check in US$ 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 (hint hint hint)
You may 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 services may list my products without contacting me)

WHY SHOULD YOU SEND IN THE SHAREWARE FEE?

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.

Only 39 people have registered my shareware products since I first released them ten months ago. There are 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.

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.

BENEFITS OF PAYING THE SHAREWARE FEE:

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 and icons. I might even toss in a couple of pre-release fonts.

GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS, RAIL FONTS MAKE GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFTS (GRIN):

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.

Benn Coifman
ASUC Box 624 # 4510,
Bancroft & Telegraph
Berkeley, CA 94720-4510
USA

--Please include your e-mail address with all correspondence-- (very handy for notifying you of new releases) zephyr@cory.eecs.berkeley.edu or zephyr@uclink.berkeley.edu