=tbk= EuroFurence - a font family by unci Introduction "EuroFurence" is the annual meeting of European furries in a place which changes every year. I created the name "EuroFurence" to look similar to "ConFurence", the world's largest furry convention in California. In 1995, when preparing EuroFurence 1, I felt that the consistent use of a custom typeface would improve the specific atmosphere of such an event. First I intended to use the "Malvern" typeface that Slate (Damian Cugley) of Oxford had designed for METAFONT/TeX, but I was unable to print it in the desired sizes and to combine it with pictograms for the signs, so I used a drawing program to create GIF signs with my own font - inspired by Malvern, rounded too and similar in the general proportions, but a lot more geometric. Three years later, EuroFurence 4 is being prepared, and I have the possibility to create a better-looking version of this font in the Type 1 and TrueType formats. It's a rounded geometric sans serif font, mostly based on circles, which can be used for signs, headlines and texts of short to medium length. Where to use it The purpose of this font is to be used consistently in all publications concerning EuroFurence: Name badges, flyers, signs, con booklets, all inscriptions at the location, the web site, correspondence concerning EuroFurence and so on. In addition, it can be used as display font and for short texts for other purposes as well, of course. It's designed to be eye-catching as well as readable even in small sizes. It is dedicated to the furry community, and using it in furry publications of any kind is encouraged. I created light, medium and bold versions for now. You can use the medium font for emphasis in a light text and the bold font for emphasis in a medium text. The medium font is probably most easy to read if you have any larger quantity of text, but all three should work as display fonts. Shapes of numerals The EuroFurence font now comes in two versions that are distinguished by the shape of their numbers (0123456789 and fractions): * Oldstyle numerals (with ascenders and descenders) of proportional width. Whenever numbers appear in normal mixed case or all-lowercase text, use these. * Tall numerals, all of the same width. Meant for numbers in all-capital headlines, short stand-alone numbers and numbers in tables and mathematical formulas. These are all fonts whose name ends by a "T". Kerning I defined many kerning pairs for this font. If your software supports it, please switch kerning on at all sizes - it looks a lot better. Character sets The EuroFurence font mostly follows the Windows version of the ISO 8859-1 character set, with some exceptions (EuroFurence-specific characters and some Czech letters that were needed to represent the RL names of some Czech furries correctly): 128 Euro currency sign 129 tbk logo 141 Z with hook 142 EuroFurence 1 logo in the Albedo font, which, as I believe, was originally designed by Steve Gallacci 143 pawprint 144 c with hook 157 z with hook 158 e with hook The locations of some of these characters were changed, compared to earlier versions of the EuroFurence typeface! Specific characters " Slightly slanted so that it can represent inches, seconds and the 2nd derivative of a function. Use "typographic" quote marks of your respective language instead, if possible: English 147 left and 148 right (for quotes inside quotes, 145 left and 146 right); French and Swiss 171 and 187 (139 and 155); German either 132 and 147 (130 and 145) - or 187 and 171 (155 and 139). $ In the "light" font, the dollar and cent signs now have two vertical bars; in the "medium" and "bold" fonts there was not enough space. - Dashes: 45 hyphen, 95 underscore, 150 en-dash, 151 em-dash, 173 minus. * Derived from my handwriting - I mostly use eight-pointed stars. 0 In both oldstyle and tall numerals, the zero has a dot in the middle as in many computer screen fonts to distinguish it from the "o". 1 The tall one has a serif to get it as wide as the other numerals. ? Inspired by the Futura typeface @ I decided to use a slightly simplified shape, a hommage to the Amstrad Joyce computer ;) G As in a couple other fonts, the G has no horizontal bar. J Inspired by some versions of Futura, I used a descender here. The "J" and "j" extend the left character limit to avoid unsightly gaps. M I first was undecisive which version of the M to use (/\/\ or |\/|), so I made up my own here. O Perfectly circular. The geometric construction principle of this typeface means that capitals become rather wide, this is intended. :) Q Derived from my handwriting, the stroke is a quarter circle. W Two intersected "V"s, as in many Roman fonts. b Inspired by Kabel, this has a round lower left corner. e The slanted "e" bar goes back to Venetian typefaces of the Renaissance era. g This specific "g" shape first appeared in the "Kabel" font. l Numerous recent typefaces use this shape of the lowercase "l" to distinguish it clearly from other characters. I used an angle of more than 90°, as I did with the "t". w The "w" was modified from the first version (slightly wider). y The shape of the "y" is derived from Italic typefaces, it's a hommage to the "Malvern" font. Known problems For now, the fonts * EuroFurenceLight * EuroFurence * EuroFurenceBold * EuroFurenceLightT * EuroFurenceT * EuroFurenceBoldT will show up as separate typefaces in the menu of your programs rather than different versions of the same typeface. This is because of the naming of the fonts. I tried naming them differently, but then I was unable to access some of the fonts. Also, many Windows programs allow only four versions of the same family (medium, italic, bold and bold italic). So, for now, you must live with selecting a different font if you want bold text - rather than just hitting the "bold" button. As long as I haven't completed an Italic version, you will have to skew the font by software. Conditions of use The EuroFurence typeface is dedicated to the furry community. It is furryware, i e it can be used freely in non-commercial works and commercial furry publications. For commercial, non-furry publications, a registration fee of 32,00 Euro per user, which includes all future releases, is required (payable to Tobias Köhler, account 5345202, Deutsche Bank Dresden, BLZ 87070000). By "commercial" I mean that you make money with it, either by selling the publication or by using it for advertising for a commercial product. Mentioning the typefaces used in a publication is a good custom. You are free to modify the EuroFurence font for you own purpose. If you plan to redistribute a modified version, please contact the author first (unci@furry.de). The EuroFurence font can be freely redistributed as long as this text is included. 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