Short:    A nice proportional font
Author:   chiarito@cli.di.unipi.it (Rudi Chiarito)
Uploader: chiarito@cli.di.unipi.it (Rudi Chiarito)
Type:     text/bfont

This is the EspiSans font used by Apple for Rhapsody/MacOS8/whatever.
Actually it's the only thing I like about the new MacOS :)

The one used by Apple was too bold for me, so I made it thinner.
I hope you agree with me!
It has been a hard work, but I think it was worth it. It looks very
nice on screenmodes like HiRes Laced on a 14-15" display, 800x600 on a
15" or 1024x768 on a 17". Two sizes are supplied: 12 points and 13
points (which is identical to the former, with just one more pixel of
vertical spacing).

I spent many hours working on this font: I had to convert it first
using two utilities or three, then I had to fix spacing and kerning
for every single symbol, since their values had been screwed up during
the conversion. Then I had to remap *manually* the Mac charset to
Latin-1. Try doing that for yourself one day, cutting and pasting
stuff! Last but not least, I had to add many missing Latin-1 glyphs.

What I am asking you is some sort of feedback: it can be a simple
e-mail, though of course I would like a postcard, a keyfile, a small
donation or other gifts better ;)
It's depressing when I get to know that many people use my programs
(like HiJack) but just a small fraction of them (5-6 people) ever care
to contact me, even for a mere 'thank you'.
You're warned, if I commit suicide because of lack of feedback and you
use this font without sending me any comments, you are doomed for the
rest of your life! ;)

Acknowledgements:
David Kinder for Typeface
Cloanto srl for Personal Font Maker
Enrica for convincing me it was about time to release this archive


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    4332    2234 48.4% 23-Sep-97 20:53:56 +12
    4504    2228 50.5% 23-Sep-97 20:53:56 +13
    1747     980 43.9% 24-Sep-97 14:01:02  espisans.readme
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