Berkeley font alternative
mike...@dynasty.net
much bolder than the normal, I had to use Berkeley Bold, as opposed to
just hitting ctrl+b, which I frequently forgot to do. So, I'm hoping
someone can recommend a good replacement - one that looks very much
like Berkeley, but has a bold version that stands out more from the
regular version than is the case with Berkeley. I'd prefer TrueType,
but I can and do use PostScript if necessary. TIA
Mike
Andreas Höfeld
news:39d5edbe...@news.dynasty.net...
> I like the look of Adobe's Berkeley font, but because the bold isn't
> much bolder than the normal, I had to use Berkeley Bold, as opposed to
> just hitting ctrl+b, which I frequently forgot to do.
That sounds like the names and attributes in your two font files
are not set correctly. Your Berkeley Bold (TT I assume) should
have Berkeley as font family name (like the regular weight) and
the bold attribute set.
You can check and correct that with font monster, available from
ftp://ftp.quorus.ru/pub/windows/fonts/util/ and
http://zdnet.com.au/swlib/Graphics_Multimedia_Tools/Font_Tools/00004L.html
(recent info from char@cter)
Andreas
Stephen Coles
> If you do need alternative, consider Font Bureau's CalifornianText,
> it is perhaps the best revival of this font.
I agree with Yummy. David Berlow's work for FB's Californian is nice.
They've recently added a couple of weights as well...
http://www.fontbureau.com/specimens/californian.html
Another version of Frederic Berkeley Oldstyle was designed by Elsner+Flake,
but they have yet to put up a website and their resellers (AGFA, DsgnHaus)
have horrid font displays at their sites so I'm unable to provide a good
link. Sorry.
I'd go with the Font Bureau cut anyway.
,´¬, Stephen Coles
Stephen Coles
I'm sorry, that's Frederic Goudy's Berkeley Oldstyle. Designed by Goudy for
the University of California Press.
My typing grows steadily worse as I consume more Powerbars.
,船, Stephen Coles
Calum Carmichael
Old Style," designed as a proprietary face for the University of California
Press in 1938. It was issued for general sale by Lanston Monotype in 1956
under the name "Californian."
In article <CiuB5.269002$i5.37...@news1.frmt1.sfba.home.com>, "Stephen
Coles" <s.c...@chronicle.utah.edu> wrote:
> . . . I'm sorry, that's Frederic Goudy's Berkeley Oldstyle. Designed by Goudy for
>the University of California Press. . . .
Stephen Coles
revival "Berkeley?" Was it Adobe?
,船, Stephen Coles
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In article <8r8bp3$24c$1...@news01.cit.cornell.edu>, cal...@yahoo.com (Calum
Charles Hedrick
><mike...@dynasty.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:39d5edbe...@news.dynasty.net...
>> I like the look of Adobe's Berkeley font, but because the bold isn't
>> much bolder than the normal, I had to use Berkeley Bold, as opposed to
>> just hitting ctrl+b, which I frequently forgot to do.
>That sounds like the names and attributes in your two font files
>are not set correctly. Your Berkeley Bold (TT I assume) should
>have Berkeley as font family name (like the regular weight) and
>the bold attribute set.
There are several weights of Berkeley: book (which I'd call light),
medium (which normally means semi-bold), bold, and black. In my copy
(from Adobe), the basic name "Berkeley" is actually medium. The bold
link goes to bold. So there isn't as much contrast as you might
expect, because it's going from a font that is already theoretically a
semi-bold to a bold. (I wouldn't say medium actually is semi-bold,
but then I wouldn't say bold is actually bold either. I think the
whole family is down one notch, so book is light, medium is regular,
bold is semi-bold, and black is bold. But the point is that going
from "Berkeley" to "Berkeley, bold" takes you up only a half step.)
There's got to be some sort of low-end font editor that could change
the style link for him. Replacing the font sounds like the wrong
answer to me. I'd use Fontlab, but I'm sure he doesn't want to pay
that much. If the font comes with .AFM and .INF files, you can
edit those files (which are normal text files) to fix the style
links, but that requires some experience.
Andreas Höfeld
news:8rdmdb$oa$1...@geneva.rutgers.edu......
> >That sounds like the names and attributes in your two font files
> >are not set correctly. Your Berkeley Bold (TT I assume) should
> >have Berkeley as font family name (like the regular weight) and
> >the bold attribute set.
> There's got to be some sort of low-end font editor that could change
> the style link for him. Replacing the font sounds like the wrong
> answer to me. I'd use Fontlab, but I'm sure he doesn't want to pay
> that much. If the font comes with .AFM and .INF files, you can
> edit those files (which are normal text files) to fix the style
> links, but that requires some experience.
As I said, Font Monster is the very thing for that. It's a Win 16bit
application and probably has been discontinued with Win 95. You
will lose the font description and font links when you change the
font file but the rest remains fully functional. I have a licensed version
but the shareware copies can also change and save. Character has
recently posted another link.
Andreas