Safari Fonts

November 20, 1990


     For a long time the Macintosh (tm) world has had a strange screen font
available which is called "San Francisco".  What makes this font unique is
that it seems to be composed of characters from many different fonts.  Even
more bizarre is the variation of the cap height and the baseline so that
some characters are high, some are low, etc.

     The output resembles a "ransom note", where the abductor clipped
letters from different publications and pasted them while intoxicated. 
Bizarre, but not unpleasant.  As a display font it has its uses.

     A Mac PD and shareware fontographer of some renown, Hank Gillett,
decided to make the font available in type 1 PostScript (tm) and thus was
born "SaintFrancis".  Hank's original text is included in this archive.

     For fun, because it is a "fun" font, the Safari Fonts (tm) design team
decided to convert this type 1 font to PageStream (tm) format, and probably
to Calamus (tm) format in the near future (right, Sandy?).  It is being
made available as freeware.  Should anyone get an uncontrollable urge to
donate, please send it to Hank Gillett.  His address is included in his
text file.  I am sure he would be very suprised to receive a donation from
an Atari user.  Should you decide to pass this around, please enclose *ALL*
documentation.

     Now, on with the show... The following files are included in the file
named SFPC2.LZH:

          SFPC.TXT       This file that you are now reading.

          SFPC.12H       The PageStream (PgS) 12 point screen font.

          SFPC.FM        The font metrics file for PgS.

          SFPC.DMF       Printer (dot matrix) font.

          SFPC.PSF       The postscript information file for PgS.

          SFPC.PFA       This is the type 3 downloadable postscript
                         font (note the change in the suffix from the
                         usual .PS extender) - It works the same, however.

     The following files are included in the file SFPC3.LZH for those
people who can use type 1 fonts:

          SFPC.TXT       This file that you are now reading.

          SFPC.AFM       A PC compatible font metrics file. Can be used
                         with Amiga PgS 2.x, Atari PgS 2.0 (we hope soon),
                         or with any PC application that uses .AFM's

          SFPC.PFB       This is a downloadable type 1 postscript file to
                         be used with the .AFM file above.


     The original Saint Francis font was downloaded from GEnie and
converted from Mac type 1 format by Font Designer.  From the resulting .ECF
format, all of the rest of the files were created (except the bit-map
screen font and, of course, the text files).  This is a serious font design
tool which deserves a close look (despite it's heafty price tag).

     As most of you know, PageStream 2.x will accept type 1 postscript
fonts "from the shelf" and output to any supported printer.  It will also
output "hinted" characters to Adobe PostScript printers. And, bit-maps are
not necessary since it will put outlines to the screen.  If you choose not
to use type 1, PgS 2.x will also create type 3 unhinted postscript "on the
fly" to postscript printers from the .DMF files... no PS fonts needed. 
With the two separate uploads, you have your choice.  BTW, the type 1 has
only been tested on a PC compatible (imported into CorelDraw (tm)), it has
not been tested with PgS, but we think it'll work!  Please provide
feedback.

     The enclosed files are brought to you courtesy of the Safari Fonts
design team.  We hope you enjoy the upcoming holidays and that you buy lots
of Safari Fonts as gifts for yourself and others.  Please write or call for
a free color brochure of available items.

     Safari Fonts
     606 West Cross Street
     Woodland, CA  95695
     (916) 666-1813


Posted by:

     Bernie LaGrave    [B.LAGRAVE1 on GEnie]