OPEN ANY TYPE catalog and you're likely to find a display font that suits your taste -- something ornate, something sassy. But sometimes a well-chosen drop cap is all you need to make a bold statement.
* Letraset has your letter in its Phototone Alphabets
CD-ROM collection of 500 individually photographed letters.
Used individually as an initial cap or strung together as
display type, these 75- and 300-dpi CMYK TIFF files show
painted, sculpted, and illuminated letters from all kinds of
signs and buildings, be it a G in double neon or a brass E on
a brick wall. The collection also features punctuation marks
and numbers as well as a complete alphabet made from common
materials such as wire and buttons. $199. 800-343-8973 or
201-845-6100.
* Getting the look of cut stone takes time and talent in a
draw program such as Adobe Illustrator -- but not if you have
Chisels, from Kara Fonts. These Illustrator 5.0 files
have the look of cut stone, thanks to careful application of
gradients. The five Chisels fonts in volume one are based on
common type designs such as Avant Garde and Optima. The
package comes with the KF-Headsetter utility for converting
individual letters into editable words in Illustrator. $199.
800-475-8694 or 310-578-9177.
* For modern interpretations of hand-drawn or wood-block
