Re: Need font w/ astronomical symbols

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From: Jonathan Brecher
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1992 19:18

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>I don't know of any in Adobe or TrueType format, or for the Mac.

There are several, including (but not restricted to) Mortbats and Hermetic,
both available by anonymous ftp from mac.archive.umich.edu, of course.

FO/MORTBATS      69     8/12/90    BinHex4.0,StuffIt1.5.1
/mac/system.extensions/font/type3/mortbats.sit.hqx
 
   Size:  12, 24
   Morbid dingbats (assorted creepy symbols such as skulls, snakes,
   spiders),  astrological, I Ching, rune, and religious  symbols
   (and a smiley face, martini glass symbol) Includes laser font file.
 
FO/DTFVOL3      344      1/25/92   BinHex4.0,Compact1.33
/mac/system.extensions/font/type1/dtfvolumethree.cpt.hqx
 
   Three typefaces.  Enochian is an "angelic" or typeface used in
   witchcraft circa 1580. Runic-Futhark fonts contain sans serif,
   serif and a Turkish-derived script.  These two fonts are type one
   (with a separate TrueType suitcase) and bitmap sizes 9, 10, 12,
   14, 18, 24.  The third font set is Hermetic, which contains
   elementary Hebrew, Astrological, Alchemical and Magick symbols.
 
				jonathan brecher
				brecher@husc.harvard.edu
				assistant mac.archivist

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