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Brooks Peters

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May 10, 1994, 10:51:45 AM5/10/94
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I've been asked for help in finding a font that can be used on a Macintosh
(w/ laser printer) which includes the standard symbols for gender (circle
with cross beneath, circle with arrow) used in biology and medical
publications. I have checked a few ftp sites referenced in the PostScript
FAQ but haven't succeeded in finding something this specific.

Are there commercial, shareware or freeware fonts that might be
satisfactory?

Thanks for any and all replies.

Brooks Peters

Jonathan45

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May 10, 1994, 2:12:07 PM5/10/94
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In article <Brooks_Peters...@dtnet6-153.dt.navy.mil>,
Brooks...@froude.dt.navy.mil (Brooks Peters) writes:

|> I've been asked for help in finding a font that can be used on a Macintosh
|> (w/ laser printer) which includes the standard symbols for gender (circle
|> with cross beneath, circle with arrow) used in biology and medical
|> publications.


I have a font which includes these symbols (along with others). It is part of a
book/disk set from Art Direction Book Company (NY) called "101 Absolutely
Superb Icons." I believe the font (and EPS files) are available for $35. You
can contact them at (212) 889-6500.

Jonathan Macagba
Handcraftedfonts Co.

claff...@csusys.ctstateu.edu

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May 10, 1994, 9:02:00 PM5/10/94
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In article <Brooks_Peters...@dtnet6-153.dt.navy.mil>, Brooks...@froude.dt.navy.mil (Brooks Peters) writes:
> I've been asked for help in finding a font that can be used on a Macintosh
> (w/ laser printer) which includes the standard symbols for gender (circle
> with cross beneath, circle with arrow) used in biology and medical
> publications.

Try checking a font with astronomical symbols. The "male" symbol is the symbol
for Mars, and the "female" symbol is the symbol for Venus.

> Thanks for any and all replies.
>
> Brooks Peters

Joe Claffey
<claff...@ccsu.ctstateu.edu>

Henry McGilton

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May 10, 1994, 9:46:10 PM5/10/94
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In article <Brooks_Peters...@dtnet6-153.dt.navy.mil>
Brooks...@froude.dt.navy.mil (Brooks Peters) writes:

* I've been asked for help in finding a font that can be used
* on a Macintosh (w/ laser printer) which includes the standard
* symbols for gender (circle with cross beneath, circle with
* arrow) used in biology and medical publications. I have
* checked a few ftp sites referenced in the PostScript FAQ
* but haven't succeeded in finding something this specific.

* Are there commercial, shareware or freeware fonts that
* might be satisfactory?

Page Studio Graphics have a couple of fonts -- one called Apothecary,
and the other called Astrological. I know the Astrological font
has the Female and Male signs in it. Give them a call:

Page Studio Graphics
3175 North Price Road
Chandler
Arizona 85224
(602) 839-2763

........ Henry

Boston-Baden

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May 12, 1994, 3:51:11 AM5/12/94
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Okay, I know of one, because I just downloaded it the other day.
Look for hermetic.zip, on the cica site or on one of its mirrors such as
ftp.cdrom.com (that's where I got it). It's got the planet symbols,
including mars venus =male female.

This is freeware, go ahead and grab it.

chaz baden, hazel...@netcom.com, (310) 542-5849, fax (310) 542-7948
1994 Westercon (Conozoic) Daily Newsletter Editor
Home of Margarita Jell-O, an alcoholic use for lime jell-o
(Ask me how) P.O. Box 1792, Redondo Beach CA 90278, USA

Boston-Baden

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May 23, 1994, 5:23:58 AM5/23/94
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Ric emailed me when he had trouble finding hermetic... here's my reply to
him

Look for hermetic.zip or Hermetic.zip. I know it's out there; try cica and
umich.

I found it!
archive.umich.edu:/msdos/windows/fonts/Hermetic.zip

I brought it into my system and here it is. I'll put it in my personal
ftp directory for a day or two in case you have trouble again.
ftp.netcom.com:pub/hazel

Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name ("^" ==> case
------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ---- conversion)
1416 Implode 944 33% 05-02-92 22:58 7eeff642 ^readme.doc
21692 Implode 15295 29% 05-02-92 22:51 aeed0c9e ^hermetic.ttf
4119 Implode 1883 54% 05-02-92 22:46 fae9e245 ^he______.afm
479 Implode 372 22% 05-02-92 22:46 187823f4 ^he______.cfg
504 Implode 344 32% 05-02-92 22:46 7b2c9caa ^he______.inf
13011 Stored 13011 0% 05-02-92 22:46 fce4bd5f ^he______.pfb
676 Implode 345 49% 05-02-92 22:46 a861d153 ^he______.pfm
------ ------ --- -------
41897 32194 23% 7

Here are two possible locations, for mac and pc format respectively.

Host slopoke.mlb.semi.harris.com

Location: /pub/magick/fonts
FILE -rw-r--r-- 32512 May 4 1992 hermetic.sit

Host net-1.iastate.edu

Location: /pub/frp/incoming/Fonts
FILE -r--r--r-- 32912 Aug 6 1993 hermetic.zip

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hazel...@netcom.com - Home of Margarita Jell-O, an alcoholic use for lime
jello. Email me with "request margarita" as subject or message for recipe.

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