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- January 1989
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- 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