Re: Shaston Font

[Alex Lee <alelee@mail.bigpond.com>]

On 2006-03-17 15:38:55 +1100, Jerry <blip_awanderin_blip@blipyahoo.ca> said:

> Alex Lee wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > anybody got a working version of the Shaston font for use on the Mac? 
> > You can download it here:
> >
> > http://www.theory.org/~strthrwr/fonts/free/index.php?mode=bitmap
> >
> > but unfortunately, MacOS X reports that this particular bitmap is 
> > orphaned from its parent Postscript font, which means I can't export 
> > layouts created with InDesign to PDF or anything else for that matter, 
> > using that font.
> >
> > Anyone made their own Shaston font for use with modern systems from 
> > this venerable IIgs system typeface? Or does anyone know how to 
> > effectively fix a bitmap font to stop making OS X think it's orphaned 
> > from a Postscript font?
>
> Will someone with a Macintosh unstuff this file and zip it up?  I'd 
> like to see what FontForge can do with it.

Someone in comp.sys.mac.graphics has been kind enough to fix the 
problem by converting it to a Mac and Windows TrueType font:

http://www.locus-one.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=1

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- Alex