Crystal

******* Crystal Font: Disclaimer and Conditions of Use ***********

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* Although every attempt has been made to ensure the quality and *

* integrity of the Crystal font, no guarantee is expressed or *

* implied. *

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* You may use the Crystal font family FREE OF CHARGE for any *

* personal or commercial software application or document. *

* However, if you use the font in a publicly distributed *

* application or document, a byline in the online and/or paper *

* acknowledgements would be appreciated. *

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Version 5.1 25-Mar-99

* Symmetry of the number 8 improved.

* Curvature of tilde exagerated to prevent it from looking

like a straight line at low point sizes.

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Version 5.0 16-Feb-99

* Several character shapes have been changed to improve

distinctiveness and legibility.

* All character outlines have been made more precise

and uniform, resulting in better on-screen legibility

and consistency (i.e. improved "color").

* The hints for every character have been reviewed and

improved. Because the font does not use delta hints,

however, it's on-screen appearance is not quite as good

at low point sizes as fonts that do.

* Direct support for bold, oblique, and bold oblique

family members has been dropped. The shapes calculated by

the rasterizer look better.

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Version 4.0 11-Dec-97

* The on-screen appearance has been improved considerably.

* Characters are slightly (about 2%) narrower, allowing

more characters per line.

* MS-DOS graphics characters have been added. As a result

the character keymap has changed somewhat. The keycodes

for the standard characters has not changed, but the

keycodes of special characters such as '(c)' (copyright)

have changed.

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Version 3.0 24-Jan-97

* Fixed a problem with the attributes of the oblique

family members.

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Version 2.0 5-May-96

* The entire font family (regular, oblique, bold, and

bold oblique is supported.

* The weight of the font has been made considerably

more uniform.

* Character shapes have been tweaked for a better

screen appearance.

* Additional character positions have been filled to

prevent problems with desktop publishing applications.

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Version 1.0 3-Oct-95

* Origination

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* My thanks to all of you who have downloaded the Crystal font, *

* especially to those who have provided feedback: most recently *

* Paul Newbauer and Maximillian A. Bond. *

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* Please send your comments, criticisms, or suggestions to: *

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* Jerry Fitzpatrick [email protected] *

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