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January 1989
A few years back, I created a bitmapped font using FONTASTIC, originally
called Philo, and after some alterations, Fancy Chancery. It was unique
mainly for its removal of dots where smooth curves would not be permitted,
thus giving an overall appearance of gray. The font actually prints quite
cleanly (particularly at 12 point) on the Imagewriter and was only a 24 pt.
bitmap initially.
I am pleased to learn that the font has shown up in numerous places with
several different names and variations, from Fluent Fonts of CasadyWare
(Casady Greene) (with my permission) to bulletin boards here and there.
Most recently I received from Doug Miles in Washington state a newly done
bitmap in a heavier weight plus a postscript font executed by Marion Delahan
in Oklahoma based upon the same font.
Coincidentally, I recently started redrawing the original Fancy Chancery on
Fontographer for Laserwriter. When I received the Delahan version I decided
on a complete redrawing and renaming of the postscript font. The result is
MacHumaine.
There have been inquiries as to how I intend to distribute MacHumaine. I wish
it to remain in the public domain to be used by anyone who wants to take the
time to copy it. Additionally, the package contains the original Fontographer
workfile as well as the AFM file so anyone who wishes to alter or improve
it, may do so if they have Fontographer. The bitmaps are absolutely pure
FONTOGRAPHER generated with no tweaking. For my own purposes this is
satisfactory, however if you would like to see them cleaner, have at it
with Fontastic. I would not be extremely happy to learn that MacHumaine
is being sold, but I am not quite sure how that eventuality would be dealt
with. Hopefully this Read Me, which accompanies the font, will make folks
realize they need not buy it as it is available without charge. Anyone who
wishes to use MacHumaine as a screen display in a commercial program or in
conjunction with a commercial program has my permission to do so. Only
outright sale of the font is discouraged.
Historically, the font MacHumaine, as its name is intended to imply, is
based on calligraphic handwriting and is not too distant from Zapf Chancery
Black. That font, drawn by Hermann Zapf, was not the model for MacHumaine,
but Zapf also used chancery cursive handwriting as a the basis for his
font. MacHumaine is a sort of pot pourri of calligraphic strokes and
flourishes that, to my eye, seem to be pretty well integrated and,
especially when italicized on the Mac, gives an appearance of italic
handwriting. I do hope you enjoy it. Oddly, it prints quite well even at
small sizes and is quite readable. Please do not use it ALL CAPS. Generally
calligraphic styles do not lend themselves to this treatment and this one
is no exception. Use key caps to check for a few added characters. Any
comments or suggestions on the font are welcome.
Bill Horton
1205 De la Vina Street
Santa Barbara CA 93101
(805) 962-3964