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System Fonts Mac and other OS's 2 119 (5/9/2006 8:07:10 PM) comp.fonts Can anybody tell me the name of the font used for most dialog text on Mac OS? Is there any standard dialog font for Linux operating systems? I already know that Windows uses MS Sans Serif and Tahoma. II only... VidTheKid

New Site: Typography by Vid the Kid 1 122 (1/31/2006 9:32:08 AM) comp.fonts This new website, Typography by Vid the Kid, is actually part of my newly-relaunched personal site, Vid's Space. The Typography page contains information and free downloads for fonts that I have produced or am... VidTheKid

Questions about EM 4 102 (1/25/2006 11:10:26 PM) comp.fonts First question: How exactly does the EM relate to the actual glyphs? For example, let's say I have a sample in print that I want to make into a font. I don't know what point size it originally was, but can ma... VidTheKid

String Literal version 0.60, String Literal 437 and... Surprise! String Variable 0 151 (12/22/2005 10:44:43 AM) comp.fonts Good news! String Literal version 0.60 is finished, which means all of the MS-DOS Extended ASCII characters (codepage 437) are included. Also, there's String Literal 437, which maps those extended ASCII charac... VidTheKid

"String Literal" (Mono Sans) Version 0.40 Now Available 1 148 (12/16/2005 11:13:55 AM) comp.fonts The latest version of my "String Literal" font is now available for download. Version 0.40 features some minor improvements to some characters, and covers the full Windows-1252 ANSI character set. If you have... VidTheKid

"String Literal" version 0.20 Now Available for Testing and Feedback 0 157 (11/21/2005 7:41:12 PM) comp.fonts String Literal 0.20 can now be downloaded from my "preview" page. Currently covered is the 7-bit ASCII/ANSI range, so serial numbers, computer code, or most English plaintext can be represented with this font. ... VidTheKid

"String Literal" font production preview 1 146 (10/30/2005 12:30:53 AM) comp.fonts I'm currently working on a font which I will eventually release as freeware, called String Literal. Please see http://www.geocities.com/therealbirdin/Graphics/StrLit.html and let me know what you think! -- Vi... VidTheKid

Please ID Canadian Pacific font 2 519 (8/21/2005 2:39:16 AM) comp.fonts A friend of mine asked me to ID the font used for the Canadian Pacific logo as it appears on a locomotive in this picture: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=115774 I told him I'd seen fonts similar... VidTheKid