dsc@izimbra.CSS.GOV (love comes tumbling) (11/04/87)
i may be purchasing a imagwriter // in the near future and i am interested in getting some letter quality fonts. i know of two ... boston and beverly hills but i don't know who the authors are of these fonts. if anyone could supply me with names, addresses and shareware prices for these products, it would be much appreciated. or, if you know of an imagewriter font even nicer than those two, i'd like hearing about that too. thanks, dsc `he saw the hands that build could also pull down ... the hands of love.'
sterritt@ge-mc3i.UUCP ( guest) (11/09/87)
Hi,
The authors and their fonts are:
Boston II: The one that started it all off, and still the best.
The author is Charles Maurer, and his address is:
Charles E. Maurer
31 Forsyth Avenue South
Hamilton, Ontario L8S 2A4
Canada
and the price is $10.50, american. I dunno the canadian price...
DON'T be fooled by the font Lachine, by Andrew Welch! It's a _very very_ poor
copy of Boston II (so obvious a copy it's really kind of sad that Andrew
expects people to pay him for it...) and it isn't as good.
Beverly Hills: The author and his address:
Alan D. Hayman
1425 S. Doheny Dr.,
Los Angeles, CA 90035
It's a pretty nice update of New York, but its roots are far too
obvious. Much better to use:
Clairvaux 2.2: By:
J.W. Leedom
P.O. Box 9714
Hollins College
Roanoke, VA 24020
It's also a pretty obvious copy of New York, but it is very nice, and
when printed really stands as its own font. The funny thing about this font
is that it doesn't look very good on the screen! I compared it to Boston II
in a Write document, and thought "well, still no competition for good old
Boston II", until I printed it out! Very nice.
Unfortunately, the 20 point is nowhere near as nice as the 24 point
(for printing Best quality for (respectively) 10 and 12 point). If you do order
it, complain bitterly about this.
Both Beverly Hills and Clairvaux are $10.
Enjoy,
Chris Sterritt
"This letter compsed with the help of MultiFinder and MacWrite"