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Article #2925Font names
From: Robert Jung
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1988 16:31
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1988 16:31
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Since this is the font discussion, here's a font question I've been wanting to get answered: How does one determine the "name" of a font? Or, to give the question more specificity(?), why is the "San Francisco" font on the Macintosh called "San Francisco? Why is the "Swiss" font on GEM called "Swiss"? Why is there a font called "Hershy"????? I presume that the naming of fonts after geographical locations and/or chocolate bars is relatively arbitrary...But I could be wrong. Can anyone enlighten me on the mystical way of naming a font? --R.J. B-) P.S. "Times Roman" I can understand, but "Geneva"? "Dutch"? Whatever happened to "block shadowed", "skewered", or "computer"? <=====================================><=====================================> Disclaimer: These ideas are all mine! Mineminemineminemineminemineminemine! Send e-junk-mail through Bitnet to rjung@castor.usc.edu
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