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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