ransom note font wanted
an17...@anon.penet.fi
orientations with a background that looked like it was cut out of different
magazines and newspapers. The name of the font was something like
ransom note. Has anyone seen this font and know where I can get a copy?
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D P Marshall
An anonymous posting asking about ransom note fonts? Is something going
on here? I think we should be told.
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>I once saw a font that had characters of different shapes, sizes, and
>orientations with a background that looked like it was cut out of different
>magazines and newspapers. The name of the font was something like
>ransom note. Has anyone seen this font and know where I can get a copy?
I suppose this reaction is predictable,
but who but an actual or putative kidnapper
would use an anonymous service to inquire
about the Ransom Note font?
KENNETH BLACKWELL / The Bertrand Russell Archives
McMaster University Library, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4L6
For Russell Archives info, "finger" bert...@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
Jacques Andre
You probably refer to a font named RANSOM, that was published as:
"Ransom font", graphics to the editor, by Ted Packard, PostScript Language Journal,
volume 2, number 2, 1989, pages 44-45.
Alas, this magazine seems to have stopped to occur.
Its address was : 127a Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3LB, England
To my opinion, such a Journal should be re-created...
Other random fonts have been described in this magazine, such as:
Erik van Blokland, RandomCode - the Beowolf RandomFont, vol. 3, number 1, 8--11
Jacques Andre, The Scrabble font, idem p. 53--55
J.Andre and B. Borghi, Dynamic fonts, vol. 2 number 3, pages 6--8.
PostScript codes generally were given.
Futhermore, the RIDT "Raster Imaging and Digital Typograhy" Conferences Proceedings,
published by Cambridges University Press in 1989, 1991 (editors=
J.Andre and R. Hersch; and B. Morris and J. Andre) contain other papers
on such fonts.
A paper by Cohen, in the last TUG Conference rpoceedings,
was dedicated too to that kind of dynamic fonts.
A next issue of EPODD "Electronic Publishing - Origination Dissemination
and Design" by Wiley, is supposed to occur on fonts with emphasis on
contextual aspects.
Note: I "replied" this message, weeks ago, but my answer came back due to
your "anonymous" situation. Even if in your country it is difficult to
get regular email addresses, could you try to do so when using networks?
Jacques Andre
Inria-Rennes, France
jan...@irisa.fr
w...@world.std.com
D P Marshall <D.P.Ma...@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
> HANG ON! HANG ON!
>
> An anonymous posting asking about ransom note fonts? Is something going
> on here? I think we should be told.
I suspect this annonymous most asking about ransome nots was a pratcial joke
by Kibo or one of his minions..
--
Bill Ricker, The Swamp-Castle Press "The freedom of the press belongs
w...@world.std.com a/k/a wri...@symantec.com to those who own one."
Jay C Jachimiak
> D P Marshall <D.P.Ma...@durham.ac.uk> wrote:
> > HANG ON! HANG ON!
> >
> > An anonymous posting asking about ransom note fonts? Is something going
> > on here? I think we should be told.
>
> I suspect this annonymous most asking about ransome nots was a pratcial
> joke by Kibo or one of his minions..
Not very likely. A real kibologist wants nothing to do with anonymity.
-Jay
***c***@*****.com in ***
the "*" stands for "censored"
Gerry Snyder
>
>I once saw a font that had characters of different shapes, sizes, and
>orientations with a background that looked like it was cut out of different
>magazines and newspapers. The name of the font was something like
>ransom note. Has anyone seen this font and know where I can get a copy?
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It is available on floppy or cdrom from Reasonable Solutions,
in Oregon or Washington somewhere.
Gerry--not speaking for my employer, wife, or cats.
D. Citron
: I once saw a font that had characters of different shapes, sizes, and
: orientations with a background that looked like it was cut out of different
: magazines and newspapers. The name of the font was something like
: ransom note. Has anyone seen this font and know where I can get a copy?
Expert Software in Miami has expert Fonts for Windows, an inexpensive
package of Truetype fonts that includes Ransom Paste. It doesn't have
background text, but does have a different typeface and orientation for
each letter. The support phone number is 305 567-9990.
Have fun!
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