Back to the main page

Mailing List Logs for ShadowRN

Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Andrew Murdoch)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Thu Dec 27 19:20:01 2001
I'm sure this has probably come up before, but, can anyone tell me the
name of the font used for the text of the Shadowrun rulebooks? Not only do
I want to know as a Shadowrun junkie, but also it's about the only
easily-readable, proportional, serifed typeface out there that isn't Times
New Roman. An URL to someplace I can download it from would laso be
helpful. Thanks in advance.

Also, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas, or whatever holiday you did,
and has a Happy New Year.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hail, Centurion! "...He that hath no sword, let him
Andrew C. Murdoch sell his garment and buy one."
toreador@***.bc.ca Luke 22:36
Message no. 2
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Fri Dec 28 05:40:01 2001
According to Andrew Murdoch, on Fri, 28 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> I'm sure this has probably come up before, but, can anyone tell me the
> name of the font used for the text of the Shadowrun rulebooks?

It exists under a couple of different names, but the most common are Francis
(or France) and FrizQuadrata. If you have Corel DRAW, the latter is in the
fonts directory on the installation CDs.

> Not only
> do I want to know as a Shadowrun junkie, but also it's about the only
> easily-readable, proportional, serifed typeface out there that isn't
> Times New Roman.

How about Garamond?

> An URL to someplace I can download it from would laso be
> helpful. Thanks in advance.

http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
At the Olympics during the Bronze Age, all winners came third.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 3
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 08:45:01 2001
From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>

> http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html

Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)

Lars
--
Lars Wagner Hansen, Jagtvej 11, 4180 Sorø
l-hansen@*****.tele.dk http://home4.inet.tele.dk/l-hansen
--
SRGC v0.22 SR1 SR2++ SR3+++ h+ b+++ B--- UB++ IE+ RN LST W++ dk sa++ ma+
sh++ ad++++ ri mc rk-- m- (e-- o t-- d-) gm+ M- P-
--
Main Rule of Usenet: Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to
their level, then beat you with experience.
Message no. 4
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Iridios)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 10:40:01 2001
Lars Wagner Hansen wrote:
>
> From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
>
> > http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html
>
> Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)

I got it. Try again, sometimes servers glitch. It happens.

--
Iridios
--
From:The Top 100 Things I'd Do
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord
(http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)

I will hire a team of board-certified architects and surveyors
to examine my castle and inform me of any secret passages and
abandoned tunnels that I might not know about.

Used Without Permission
Message no. 5
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Iridios)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 10:40:03 2001
Lars Wagner Hansen wrote:
>
> From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
>
> > http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html
>
> Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)

Although the server is reporting that the zip file is missing...

--
Iridios
--
From:The Top 100 Things I'd Do
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord
(http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)

All naive, busty tavern wenches in my realm will be replaced
with surly, world-weary waitresses who will provide no
unexpected reinforcement and/or romantic subplot for the hero or
his sidekick.

Used Without Permission
Message no. 6
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 13:05:01 2001
According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Sat, 29 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> > http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html
>
> Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)

Dammit, I thought I everything was there. It's been fixed now...

I guess it does show that the site isn't exactly popular, though -- hardly
anybody has ever complained about bad links, except Lars. (Not sure what smiley
to put here, though...)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
At the Olympics during the Bronze Age, all winners came third.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 7
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Malcolm)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 16:05:01 2001
Just to let you know, I manged to d/l the font pack.......
Thanks for answering a question i've always wanted answered!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: Odd question.


According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Sat, 29 Dec 2001 the word on the street
was...

> > http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html
>
> Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)

Dammit, I thought I everything was there. It's been fixed now...

I guess it does show that the site isn't exactly popular, though -- hardly
anybody has ever complained about bad links, except Lars. (Not sure what
smiley
to put here, though...)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
At the Olympics during the Bronze Age, all winners came third.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 8
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Anders)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 19:05:01 2001
: From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
: To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
: Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:09 PM
: Subject: Re: Odd question.
:
:
: According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Sat, 29 Dec 2001 the word on the
street
: was...
:
: : > Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)
:
: Dammit, I thought I everything was there. It's been fixed now...
:
: I guess it does show that the site isn't exactly popular, though -- hardly
: anybody has ever complained about bad links, except Lars. (Not sure what
: smiley
: to put here, though...)
:
Well, I've tried, but I just normally shrug off broken links and go on.

BTW, How do you integrate the font pack into MS Office?

With traffic this low, 'on topic' takes on a new dimension...
--Anders

::
:
:
:
Message no. 9
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Iridios)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sat Dec 29 19:40:01 2001
Anders wrote:
>
> : From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
> : To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
> : Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 6:09 PM
> : Subject: Re: Odd question.
> :
> :
> : According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Sat, 29 Dec 2001 the word on the
> street
> : was...
> :
> : : > Again a 404, this time on the font pack :-)
> :
> : Dammit, I thought I everything was there. It's been fixed now...
> :
> : I guess it does show that the site isn't exactly popular, though -- hardly
> : anybody has ever complained about bad links, except Lars. (Not sure what
> : smiley
> : to put here, though...)
> :
> Well, I've tried, but I just normally shrug off broken links and go on.
>
> BTW, How do you integrate the font pack into MS Office?

Copy the fonts into your windows/fonts folder. At least that's how I do
it.

--
Iridios
--
From:The Top 100 Things I'd Do
If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord
(http://www.eviloverlord.com/lists/overlord.html)

No matter how many shorts we have in the system, my guards will
be instructed to treat every surveillance camera malfunction as
a full-scale emergency.

Used Without Permission
Message no. 10
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sun Dec 30 06:50:01 2001
According to Anders, on Sun, 30 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> Well, I've tried, but I just normally shrug off broken links and go on.

Hopefully, that's what most people do :)

> BTW, How do you integrate the font pack into MS Office?

Unzip the font pack first. On a Windows machine, you can either copy the
fonts into the c:\windows\fonts directory, or open the Control Panel,
double-click on the Fonts thingie there, and drag-and-drop the font files
into the window that opens. From now on, you have access to them in any
Windows program.

On a Linux box running XFree86 version 3.x, you'll need to have a TrueType
font driver installed (I use xfstt) and copy the fonts into whatever dir
you've set it up for (xfstt's default is /usr/share/fonts/truetype/).
XFree86 v4 has TrueType support built in, but I've not tried that version
so I can't say for sure how it works; my guess it you have to copy the
fonts into the appropriate subdirectory of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/ and
rebuild the fonts.dir file in that subdir.

Finally, I don't know if you can use the fonts on a Mac. However, someone
did send me Mac versions of the fonts, packed with StuffIt, that are
available from the individual fonts' pages at
http://plastic.dumpshock.com/software/fonts.html

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
At the Olympics during the Bronze Age, all winners came third.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 11
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sun Dec 30 06:50:03 2001
According to Malcolm, on Fri, 28 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> Just to let you know, I manged to d/l the font pack.......

If you did so after the move to dumpshock.com but before yesterday, I want
to know exactly how you managed that ;)

> Thanks for answering a question i've always wanted answered!!

Not a problem :)

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
At the Olympics during the Bronze Age, all winners came third.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 12
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Lars Wagner Hansen)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sun Dec 30 08:20:01 2001
From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>

> According to Anders, on Sun, 30 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...
>
> > Well, I've tried, but I just normally shrug off broken links and go on.
>
> Hopefully, that's what most people do :)

Not me!!!

BTW there is a never version of Impact. Yours is version 2.30, and I've got a
version 2.35

Lars
--
Lars Wagner Hansen, Jagtvej 11, 4180 Sorø
l-hansen@*****.tele.dk http://home4.inet.tele.dk/l-hansen
--
SRGC v0.22 SR1 SR2++ SR3+++ h+ b+++ B--- UB++ IE+ RN LST W++ dk sa++ ma+
sh++ ad++++ ri mc rk-- m- (e-- o t-- d-) gm+ M- P-
--
Main Rule of Usenet: Never argue with idiots. They drag you down to
their level, then beat you with experience.
Message no. 13
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Anders)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sun Dec 30 12:45:01 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lars Wagner Hansen" <l-hansen@*****.tele.dk>
To: <shadowrn@*********.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: Odd question.


: From: "Gurth" <Gurth@******.nl>
:
: > According to Anders, on Sun, 30 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...
: >
: > > Well, I've tried, but I just normally shrug off broken links and go
on.
: >
: > Hopefully, that's what most people do :)
:
: Not me!!!
:
: BTW there is a never version of Impact. Yours is version 2.30, and I've
got a
: version 2.35
:
: Lars
: --
Thanks to all for helping me on this. Also, isn't it an odd topic to totally
dominate the
RN for days?

?Impact?

--Anders
Message no. 14
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Gurth)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sun Dec 30 13:00:01 2001
According to Lars Wagner Hansen, on Sun, 30 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> BTW there is a never version of Impact. Yours is version 2.30, and I've
> got a version 2.35

How nice :) I've never bothered with versions of fonts, and since the docs were
all made with the fonts that are up on the site, there is probably not much to
gain by using a later version anyway.


According to Anders, on Sun, 30 Dec 2001 the word on the street was...

> Thanks to all for helping me on this. Also, isn't it an odd topic to
> totally dominate the RN for days?

Yeah, but if we don't keep this thread going there'll be no traffic at all :)

> ?Impact?

One of the fonts, by Microsoft IIRC.

--
Gurth@******.nl - http://www.xs4all.nl/~gurth/index.html
At the Olympics during the Bronze Age, all winners came third.
-> NAGEE Editor * ShadowRN GridSec * Triangle Virtuoso <-
-> The Plastic Warriors Page: http://plastic.dumpshock.com <-

GC3.12: GAT/! d-(dpu) s:- !a>? C+@ UL P L++ E W-(++) N o? K w+(--) O V?
PS+ PE(-)(+) Y PGP- t@ 5++ X(+) R+++(-)>$ tv+ b++@ DI- D+ G+ e h! !r y?
Incubated into the First Church of the Sqooshy Ball, 21-05-1998
Message no. 15
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Damion Milliken)
Subject: Odd question.
Date: Sun Jan 6 12:05:05 2002
Gurth writes:

> > Just to let you know, I manged to d/l the font pack.......
>
> If you did so after the move to dumpshock.com but before yesterday, I want
> to know exactly how you managed that ;)

I tried to download it about 3 months ago. But I found that the link was
dead. Fortunately, the old shadowrun.html.com (or whatever it was) site is
still up, so I could get it from there.

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong
Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: dam01@***.edu.au
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GE d- s++:-- a25 C++ US++>+++ P+ L+>++ E- W+ N++ o@ K- w+(--) O-@ M--
V- PS+ PE- Y+ PGP-@>++ t+ 5 X+>+++ R++ !tv(--) b+ DI+++@ D G+
e++>++++$ h- r++>+++ y->+++
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

Further Reading

If you enjoyed reading about Odd question., you may also be interested in:

Disclaimer

These messages were posted a long time ago on a mailing list far, far away. The copyright to their contents probably lies with the original authors of the individual messages, but since they were published in an electronic forum that anyone could subscribe to, and the logs were available to subscribers and most likely non-subscribers as well, it's felt that re-publishing them here is a kind of public service.

Thwap!