Fonts Ink's US-Bats Documentation INSTALLATION: ------------ Luckily there isn't much documentation needed to effectively use Fonts Ink's US-Bats font in Windows. In fact what documentation you need you already have. To activate TrueType fonts, copy them to your WINDOWS/SYSTEM directory and activate them via the Control Panel - Fonts menu. Using these fonts within other systems will require installation as outlined in the documentation of those systems. THE FONT: --------- US-Bats is Dingbats style symbol font that contains the black outline maps of the 50 States, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and the Continental U.S. along with some patriotic symbols. These characters look good at point sizes down to 8 pts. The fine detail comes through in sizes even over 72 pts. The following key will facilitate use of the US-Bats. 0 Map of Continental U.S. with State outlines * 1 Black outline map of the Continental U.S. 2 U.S. flag ** 3 American Bald Eagle 4 Abraham Lincoln portrait 5 Statue of Liberty 6 Fife and drum men ** 7 U.S. flag shield 8 Liberty Bell * 9 Liberty Head * Too complicated to view or print in some sizes less than 72 pt. ** Too complicated to view in some sizes less than 72 pt. A Alabama N Indiana a Nebraska n South Carolina B Alaska O Iowa b Nevada o South Dakota C Arizona P Kansas c New Hampshire p Tennessee D Arkansas Q Kentucky d New Jersey q Texas E California R Louisiana e New Mexico r Utah F Colorado S Maine f New York s Vermont G Connecticut T Maryland g North Carolina t Virginia H Deleware U Massachusetts h North Dakota u Washington I Florida V Michigan i Ohio v West Virginia J Georgia W Minnesota j Oklahoma w Wisconsin K Hawaii X Mississippi k Oregon x Wyoming L Idaho Y Missouri l Pennsylvania y Washington D.C. M Illinois Z Montana m Rhode Island z Puerto Rico and the Providence Plantations The state maps are scaled to be a constant height (because you order fonts by height - points). Because of this long, horizontal states such as Tennessee take up a great deal of width and look effectively larger. States such as New Hampshire and Vermonts which are normally thought of as upright (except possibly by Massachusetts) appear small. Note also that the state outlines are based on the normally-recognized conic projection. Thus horizontal lines appear as slight arcs and the northern border of California and the eastern border of Alaska appear skewed. Even Wyoming isn't a square state (regardless of what Colorado says). We found that the outlines are much more recognizable this way. CONTACT: ------- Thanks for trying out this Fonts Ink's set. We hope you like it. If you have any comments or suggestions please contact Bob Ostrander at: Fonts Ink division of Software Co-op (317-856-6052) 5437 Honey Manor Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46241 CIS: 76635,1670 Internet: scoop@indy.net This software is written and copyrighted (1992) by Bob Ostrander. REGISTRATION: ------------ Registration of the Fonts Ink fonts gets you: - The legal right to use all Fonts Ink fonts past the evaluation period. - The LATEST version of complete set of Fonts Ink fonts. - Free voice-line technical support. - Online support via CompuServe and Internet. You can register the entire Fonts Ink package by sending $20 to Software Co-op using the invoice in LICENSE.DOC. Software Co-op also accepts credit card payments on 317-856-6052. Other Products (all included with registration) ----------------------------------------------- Handcrafted in the best traditions of typography. Offerings (as of the time of this release). FIBox - Text in box sans-serif font. FIBoxBB - White sans-serif text in a black box. FIElite - Fixed-width font like Prestige Elite. Normal, Bold, Italic, and Bold Italic. FIKeys1 - KeyCaps representation of the "typable" keys. FIKeys2 - KeyCaps accurate representations of the keyboard. FIKeys3 - KeyCaps in a build-a-word-in-a-key format. FILCD - 7-segment LCD characters. MadAve - Display font like Solotype's Advertiser Light Gothic. Torrance - 9-pin dot matrix printer Courier set. Accurate 10 cpi and 6 lpi at 12 pt printing. US-Bats - Outline maps of the states, US, patriotic symbols. Call for information about Fonts Ink's current line, site licenses, bundling licenses, resale licenses, and custom-made fonts.