******* Crystal Font: Disclaimer and Conditions of Use *********** * * * Although every attempt has been made to ensure the quality and * * integrity of the Crystal font, no guarantee is expressed or * * implied. * * * * 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. * * * ****************************************************************** ---------------------------- History ----------------------------- 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 3.0 24-Jan-97 * Fixed a problem with the attributes of the oblique family members. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Version 1.0 3-Oct-95 * Origination ------------------------------------------------------------------ ****************************************************************** * * * 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. * * * * Please send your comments, criticisms, or suggestions to: * * * * Jerry Fitzpatrick [email protected] * * * ******************************************************************