Font Design

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This month’s free font download at Softmaker is Delano Caps. The font is available at http://www.freefont.de/us. It is available in 3 formats – Windows TrueType and Type 1 PostScript and Macintosh Type 1 PostScript.

Delano Caps is a Display font and its attributes include decorative, engraving, caps only. Delano Caps is similar to URW Dextor which was originally designed by L. Meuffels in 1994. Dextor was originally offered by the French company, Mecanorma. It is also offered by URW, Linotype and Scangraphic.

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This month’s free font download at Softmaker (http://www.freefont.de/us/index.htm) is Henderson. It is available in 3 formats: TrueType Windows, Type 1 PostScript Windows and Type 1 Macintosh. Henderson is based on the Linotype Hawthorn typeface. Hawthorn is a serif typeface created for display usage. It was created by Mike Daines in 1968.

Henderson combines both round and sharp stems and serifs and it has a distinct, late 60s feel. It is at home with the late 60s pop art feel of its era. Its sharp and pointy serifs are probably its most unique feature. Henderson is slightly condensed with tall x-heights like many other display faces intended for use is advertising headlines.

If you are having trouble accessing Mac fonts in downloaded Stuffit files (files with a sit file extension), it is because the newer Mac OS doesn’t have a helper application for the browser for older sit files. You can download and install the free Stuffit Expander (http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffit/expander.html). After you download a Mac font (a sit file), first navigate to the folder where the sit file is. Hold down the Control key and click the file. In the context menu, choose Open With > Stuffit Expander. That will expand the sit file and give you access to the actual fonts.