a tip of the hat to you and yours,<br />
and thank you for downloading the evaluation version of "gifford,"<br />
a windows95 truetype font <br />
handcrafted in the emerald city, seattle, washington,<br />
by steven j. lundeen,<br />
emerald city fontwerks,<br />
copyright 1997.<br />
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<br />
for mr. israel, miss ecklund, miss perkins,<br />
and even the old meanie, miss dohner ...<br />
are you proud of what you see? <br />
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please note, <br />
this is an evaluation version of "gifford."<br />
<br />
so stay after school,<br />
head on up to the blackboard,<br />
grab a piece of chalk,<br />
and have a go at the following phrase:<br />
<br />
"i will not talk in class"<br />
<br />
say, 500 times or so.<br />
(it'll really help improve your penmanship...or so i was told)<br />
<br />
then,<br />
should you wish to receive a diskette that includes <br />
a fully enabled version of "gifford,"<br />
please send $5.00 US<br />
(along with a return mailing address) to:<br />
<br />
steven j. lundeen<br />
c/o emerald city fontwerks<br />
4517 49th ave. n.e.<br />
seattle, wa  98105<br />
<br />
special note:<br />
ecf is making the fully-enabled version of "gifford" free for educators.<br />
that's right, no charge for teachers (our way of saying thanks).<br />
if that's you,<br />
and you'd like a complimentary copy of "gifford,"<br />
just drop us an email request care of<br />
<br />
ecf@speakeasy.org<br />
<br />
include the name of your school,<br />
what grade/course you teach,<br />
and let us know what type of computer you work on<br />
(pc or mac),<br />
and we'll email a copy of the font off to you directly,<br />
no strings attached.<br />
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the fine print (for shareware registrants):<br />
<br />
payment of registration fee entitles user to <br />
an especially healthy dose of good karma,<br />
as well as a single-license/single-machine installation of "gifford," <br />
and unrestricted use.<br />
<br />
permission is granted by the font author <br />
to freely distribute and/or post this, <br />
the evaluation version of "gifford,"<br />
providing that all files in the original archive are attached, <br />
including this one.<br />
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remember,<br />
what we do depends on you.<br />
please register shareware fonts where appropriate<br />
and continue to show your support for the art of fontography.<br />
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oh yeah,<br />
we'd also like to let you know that ...<br />
<br />
ecf offers a complete line of fonts in three speeds:<br />
shareware, freeware and graphic art clipfonts.<br />
<br />
you can look for us at:<br />
<br />
http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf<br />
<br />
as well as in the indie designer section at:<br />
<br />
http://members.tripod.com/~FreedomHigh/indie.htm<br />
<br />
<br />
hope you'll stop by for a visit sometime.<br />
coffee's always on,<br />
and the fridge is stocked, too ...<br />
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finally,<br />
<br />
you can contact any member of the staff at ecf <br />
via the following address:<br />
<br />
manarts@seanet.com<br />
<br />
all comments, critiques, raves, rages, flames <br />
and offers of mariner or sonic tickets invited.