Date: Tue, 18 Dec 84 14:25 PST
From: JPrescott.ES
Subject: Re: Contour Font Quality Assessment
In-reply-to: "Gloger's message of Fri, 14 Dec 84 00:26 PST"
To: Gloger
cc: Plass.pa, MMacKay, Provan.wbst, Zack.wbst, JPrescott, Pellar, Baroody.wbst, Beeley, Crocca.wbst, DKnutsen.pa, Newlin.pa, Simpson.wbst, ESmura, Stone.pa, Wyatt.pa, Zieres.wbst

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The files for the contour font assessment are stored as follows:

[Oly]<JPrescott>Contour>sd:

Classic.sd
ITCSouvenirPS.sd
Modern.sd
NewKosmos.sd
OldEng.sd

[Oly]<JPrescott>Contour>ac:

Classic10MRR300.ac
Classic24MRR300.ac
Modern36MRR300.ac
NewKosmos24MRR300.ac

OldEng10MRR300.ac, ITCSouvenirPS12MRR600.ac, ITCSouvenirPS9MRR1200.ac, and ITCSouvenirPS10MRR300.ac will be stored in [Oly]<JPrescott>Contour>ac by the end of the day, Thursday, December 20th. (I will be in Boston, on vacation, from December 21 to January 7.)

For legal purposes, lets be careful about the naming of these files. All names should remain as Classic, ITCSouvenirPS, Modern, NewKosmos, and OldEnglish.
The only font in the study governed by a royalty is ITCSouvenirPS. Therefore, its dissemination should be limited.
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The text for all proofs is as follows:

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
0123456789 .,:;

oaobocodoeofogohoiojokolomonooopoqorosotouovowoxoyozo
nanbncndnenfngnhninjnknlnmnnnonpnqnrnsntnunvnwnxnynzn

OAOBOCODOEOFOGOHOIOJOKOLOMONOOOPOQOROSOTOUOVOWOXOYOZO
HAHBHCHDHEHFHGHHHIHJHKHLHMHNHOHPHQHRHSHTHUHVHWHXHYHZH

0102030405060708090

o.o,o;o;o n.n,n;n:n O.O,O;O:O H.H,H;H:H 0.0,0;0:0

nnnonooonoioloninln HHHOHOOOHOIOIHIH

hamburgefonts compendium champion

HAMBURGEFONTS HOME CHAMPION

A good set of type designs is never merely the fruit of a happy moment, or sudden inspiration. The type designer must not depend upon inspiration. She or he has to proceed conscientiously, doing much preparatory study, working hard and patiently gathering all available experience. The result represents the essence of countless experiments and observations, made during many years of work and thought. Only an experienced judge of typography can appreciate the long process that produces a set of 120 small letters, well shaped and mutually proportioned to achieve perfect harmony in all their possible combinations in the course of typographical composition. From: Oldrich Menhart, 1948.

THE LETTERS SHOULD BE DESIGNED BY AN ARTIST, AND NOT AN ENGINEER. FROM: WILLIAM MORRIS, 1893.

Geometry Can Produce Beautiful Letters, But Art Alone Makes Them Beautiful. Art Begins Where Geometry Ends, And Imparts To Letters A Character Transcending Mere Measurement. From: Paul Standard, 1954.


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The proof format is concise, and should easily fit on one page. I would recommend that a large enough sample of output be run because of variations in specific devices. Mike MacKay and I will iron out those details.


Janice