Our new Basic Fonts collection is a very reasonably priced introduction to the wide selection of fonts which the Scriptorium offers. It includes a sampling of text, display, calligraphic and decorative fonts with an emphasis on the most practical and versatile fonts to meet a wide range of needs. All fonts are in both Postscript and True Type format for either Windows or Macintosh, and the package also includes shareware and demo samples of additional fonts and graphic arts resources.

The Basic Fonts collection includes 10 text fonts which should provide all the variety most users need in this area, from the clear, legibility of traditional serif fonts like Centurion and Marquis to the more unusual ans specialized look of the ultra-narrow Everest and the decorative demi-serif Baldessare. It even includes two of our best monospaced fonts, Cincinnatus and Vidilex.

The Basic Fonts collection also includes 8 specially selected display fonts. It includes some of our most popular fonts, like the antique woodcut Buccaneer and the striking art nouveau style of Ariosto and Harbinger, as well as versatile display and titling fonts like Academy, Beaumarchais and Mazarin. Most of these display fonts are based on classic 19th century designs, but with all of the improvements and additions to make them truly modern and versatile. While most of them include full upper and lower-case character sets, some were specifically and solely intended for titling use (Mazarin, Acadian, Primer), so they have more limited character sets.

Because calligraphic fonts are our specialty, the Basic Fonts package includes a selection of our best calligraphic fonts, from the Roman period with fonts like Procopius, through the Middle Ages with the classic black letter look of Burgundian and the more fanciful style of Cymbeline, to Renaissance lettering in Magdelena and Palmieri and early modern italics like Terpsichore and Iphegenia. It even includes our very popular and more modern Allembert calligraphic font. Together these fonts represent a useful range of calligraphic styles and the selection is varied enough to fill any need you have for decorative text or titling with a hand-drawn look.

Finally, we've included a few of our most generally useful decorative initials and art fonts. Parsifal and Jongeleur are two of our most attractive and most adaptable decorative initials styles, and highly compatible with other fonts included in the package, like Burgundian and Cymbeline. Sigil and Emblem are essential art fonts, with a wide variety of decorative symbols and motifs which will add character to any document.

The Scriptorium's Basic Fonts collection is a great way to expand your font collection and try out our fonts at an exceptionally reasonable price. The package includes the 30 fonts shown here, plus shareware versions of a selection of our most recent fonts and images. The total price per font comes to only slightly more than a dollar at $39 for the package either on CD or floppy disk or ordered directly online.

For a limited time the Basic Fonts package is only available by direct order, but it should be available online in mid-December. In addition, anyone ordering the package by phone before the end of December will also get 10% off the price of any other CD package they buy at the same time.

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