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Looking for TrueType key-cap font

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From: Jonathan Rice
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:08
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I've found two commercial sources of key-cap fonts: one in a package from
Microsoft (about $65) and one in a package from Key Software (about $30).
Before I spend money on one of those, I wonder if anybody knows of a less
expensive (free?) alternative -- I don't need the other 99 fonts in these
packages, just key-caps.

There's a file on cica and elsewhere, ttkboard.zip, but the fonts it contains
1) are ugly, 2) don't include some common IBM PC keys (e.g. Enter), and 3)
make Ventura Publisher crash with a divide by zero exception.

If I have to buy a box full of dozens of TrueType fonts to get this one, any
particular favorites to recommend?  Thanks in advance for posted or mailed
replies.

P.S. most cloned type faces seem to have "give-away" names -- e.g. if the
name starts with "Gar..." it's a Garamond clone; if it's named after a NY
street, it's a Park Avenue clone.  Is this more or less standard practice?
Just curious.

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Jonathan C. Rice  |   rice@zizania.cray.com  |  ...uunet!cray!rice
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Date: 18 Aug 92 21:08:13 GMT
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