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f o n t B o y i n t e r a c t i v e c a t a l o g creative director: Bob Aufuldish interface designer: Bob Aufuldish writer: Mark Bartlett interactive programming: Dave Granvold sounds (music composers): Scott Pickering, Bob Aufuldish sound editor: Bob Aufuldish design firm: Aufuldish & Warinner font designers: Bob Aufuldish, Kathy Warinner client: fontBoy download self-extracting catalog in BinHex format ( Macintosh : 1,196 K -- larger file, safer download )
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catalogue as a ZIP archive fontBoy doesn't want to be in the catalog printing business. He doesn't have the money or the inclination. An interactive, screen-based catalog was designed in the hope that there might be some way to promote fonts without a "physical" catalog. The solution is an interactive catalog that allows the viewer to view samples of fonts, print out bitmapped samples of fonts, get ordering information, and find out about future releases all within a warm fuzzy environment of goofy colors, witty words, and funny sounds. In the main holding screen, letterforms float randomly in space. When the mouse is passed over a letter, the letter stops its motion and the name of the font appears. Double clicking on the letter takes the viewer to another screen that displays a full showing of the font. For the impatient, a directory is provided so that the font showings can be quickly accessed. Also accessible from the main holding screen are: ordering information, fontBoy philosophy, and brief biographies of the designers.
The project was purposefully kept small enough to fit on to one
high-density floppy disk to allow for easy distribution of the project and
to ensure that it downloads quickly. The response to the project and the
fonts shown therein has been enthusiastic although distribution of the
fonts has been a problem. For this reason, a web site has been designed. Visit it at
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