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From: ar12@prism.gatech.EDU (REGISTER,ANDREW H)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: Free PostScript Font Catalogue (and other things about fonts...)
Summary: catalogue
Message-ID: <27782@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 1 May 91 15:51:16 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.203505.22204@sq.sq.com>
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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In article <1991Apr30.203505.22204@sq.sq.com>, lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) writes:
> There are a lot of PostScript fonts floating around....
> 
> * a printed catalogue of public domain fonts.
>   Would you be willing to pay postage-plus-printing-costs for a hard-copy
>   printout of them all, perhaps in loose-leaf four-hole A4 format[(or
>   whatever the locals use here in North America :-)]?
>   How much is a reasonable price?  US$10?
>   I am prepared to do this over the next few months if there is interest.
>   Mail me and tell me.

I have compiled just such a catalogue.  It is printed on a hp-laserjet II and
not a postscript printer (yet).  It is on 8.5x11 sheets and has a table at the
top with all chars 32 through 255 printed.  At the bottom of each page is an
example of a variety of type sizes from 40 to 6.  Also there is a short
paragraph at 10pts.  All the fonts on cica.cica.indiana.edu are in there!

It is already about 100 pages and I still have about 30 or so pages to send
to the printer.  The print files are made, just the printing needs to be
done.  So if you are looking at about 150 pages, at about 10 cents a page,
plus binding at about $3, plus shipping at (this is a wild guess) $3, plus
paying the shareware or useware fees (as it turns out some of the better
fonts are shareware) which would amount to about $250, I would think that 
$25 would be a better price estimate.  I am not volunteering to make such a 
catalogue but if there is enough interest at $25 I might be willing.

Also, I am thinking about printing them all on a postscript printer using
the same table format.  I know for a fact that some of the fonts do not
print correctly under postscript but do print correctly on the hp.  I might be
willing to distribute this to folks for the same amount if and when I print
it.

e-mail is appropriate for any future correspondence since this could be
construed by the use-net police as a commercial use. ;-)

Toodles
Andy

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