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Font family: Diego

Font subfamily identification: Regular

Unique identifier: Altsys Fontographer 3.5 Diego Regular

Full font name: Diego Regular

Version: Altsys Fontographer 3.5 3/13/92

Postscript font name: Diego Regular

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March 22, 1992
Documentation for Diego1. A shareware TrueType font.
Beta Version 1.0 PLEASE USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
and report any problems.

LEGAL STUFF

Please use this typeface at your own risk. Though it has been
thoroughly tested with PageMaker,Notepad, and Write,
neither Steve Shubitz nor Published Perfection! is
responsible for any adverse actions which might occur through the
use of Diego1. Permission is hereby granted to CompuServe to post
this on their system for downloading by subscribers.
Copyright 1989-1990-1991-1992 Steve Shubitz * Published Perfection! *
Authorization granted to distribute by any other means as long
as the contents of this zip file are not altered.

QUICK START FOR WINDOWS USERS - Version 3.1

Documentation to be provided.

PageMaker 4.0 users

Charset.pm4 should be printed after you install Diego1.
Use this chart as a guide for your TrueType fonts.


DESIGN HISTORY

Diego1 was originally created by Fontographer Version 3.0.4
(Nimbus Q hinting) on the MAC for a client in early 1989. It is named after the
city I live in (San Diego) and exudes the same casual feeling as
the city. It was designed as a display face with a subtle
Calligraphy effect. You will notice that cap heights are not all
the same as well as x height. This is by design. Another
consideration was output at low resolution and that means 300 DPI
so their is a boldness to it which is part of it's flavor also.

THANK YOU!

Without the help of a number of people this typeface would have
never been possible. Altsys Corporation for Fontographer. Judy
Thorn for her original hand drawn creation of Diego1.To the best
of my knowledge Diego1 was the FIRST Shareware fully functional
PostScript typeface for Windows. It may also be the first in this
area for the PC platform.


FEATURES

I have tried to map as many characters as possible. Their is
a haphazard mapping sometimes evident in the extended character
set. This was caused by the long and tedious process of
deciphering the encoding and the translation and patching of same
from the MAC to the PC in early 1989. I have tried to provide most of the
foreign language characters as well as some useful graphics that
most typefaces do not contain like enlarged quotes,arrows, and 3
different sized bullets to name a few. Please study your
printout from the supplied PageMaker publication.


I NEED YOUR INPUT

This is a TrueType Beta Version 1.0 that needs to be tested with a wide
variety of applications and printers. I plan to map characters 130 to 159
which is commonly refereed to as the Windows ANSI Plus. I would appreciate
your reports. If Diego1 is output at higher resolutions than 300 DPI I would
appreciate a sample. Knowing that Diego1 is a well behaved font I
have received unconfirmed reports that Diego1 is being used with
other applications that run from DOS. Please give me specifics in this
area Your thoughts are always welcome for future fine tuning.



SHAREWARE REGISTRATION

If you find Diego1 of use and wish to help insure the development
of future low cost high quality TrueType typefaces please send
$10.00 ( US DOLLARS ) along with your name and address indicating weather you
wish to register the MAC or PC version to:

Steve Shubitz
Published Perfection!
7486 La Jolla Blvd. Suite 552
La Jolla CA. 92037 USA
PHONE: (619) 546-9309
FAX: (619) 546-9309-33
CIS # 72047,3402

If you use Diego1 and don't register it you won't help me much and
certainly won't receive upgrades or future releases of other
typefaces for Shareware evaluation.

VERSION HISTORY

Beta Version 1.0 TrueType created with Fontographer Version 3.5
for Windows 3.1 in March of 1992

PostScript Incarnation:

Version 3 Type 1 hinted for Windows 3

Version 1.2 tweaks the kerning tables and spacing and resolved the
mystery of printing when Diego1 is selected as Inline using the
MGX PostScript Driver. Further conversion and patching was
completed for proper use with Ventura Publisher.

Version 1.1 fixes most of the garbled kerning pairs as
well as spacing problems that were evident in Version 1.0.

Version 1.0 Our first try with a few rough edges in June of 1989.


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