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Fonts as Art - Art as Fonts

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From: Dave Nalle
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 00:00
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I'm sure some of you are familiar with the concept of the 'dingbat' font,
a font whose characters are made up of small, simple images to insert in
your text document.  It's a way to introduce art into a primarily text
document in a convenient way.

What many of you may not realize is how sophisticated a dingbat font can
actually get -- sufficiently sophisticated that I prefer to call the 'art
fonts' rather than dingbats.

With the right design these fonts can feature impressive, stylish images
and decorations which go well beyond the traditional limits of the format.

We've just released a new font called Knavery which adds some style to the
idea of the art font, plus we've got others on our site which really
stretch the limits of the form.

If you do any kind of craft, design or layout, check out our site and
explore the possibilities that art fonts offer.  

The URL is: http://www.ragnarokpress.com/scriptorium

Dave

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From: graball@ccsi.com (Dave Nalle)
Subject: Fonts as Art - Art as Fonts
Date: 1997/09/04
Message-ID: <graball-0409970018510001@savage8.ccsi.com>
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Organization: Ragnarok Press
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