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== Description ==
== Description ==
[[Image:font-chemist.png]]


Chemist fonts were created by Cathy Davies as a memorial to her father, William Davies, based on his handwriting.
Chemist fonts were created by Cathy Davies as a memorial to her father, William Davies, based on his handwriting.
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| [http://cathydavies.com/chemist.html Cathy Davies Chemist]
| [http://cathydavies.com/fonts.html Cathy Davies Chemist]
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== Caveats ==
== Caveats ==


# Upstream release in a .sit archive, may need to start from a third-party zip such as the one on [http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Chemist fontsquirrel]
# Upstream release is Type 1 fonts in a StuffIt archive (.sit); may need to start from a third-party zip such as the one on [http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Chemist fontsquirrel]. The [[Choosing the right font format to package|fonts will need to be converted]] to OpenType CFF (OTF).
# 2 families = 2 subpackages
# 3 families = 3 subpackages. The archive contains Chemist Regular, Chemist Rough and Chemist Periodic. Chemist Periodic is not a handwriting font.


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Latest revision as of 07:03, 9 August 2013

A page of the Fonts Special Interest Group


Calligraphic fonts


Description

Chemist fonts were created by Cathy Davies as a memorial to her father, William Davies, based on his handwriting.


Characteristics

Homepage Format & features License Review reference Koji page pkgdb page
Cathy Davies Chemist OTF Public domain


Style Faces Scripts
Sans Serif Other R B I BI Other Latin Greek Cyrillic Other
Variable Monospace Variable Monospace
Handwriting ✘ (2 variants)


Caveats

  1. Upstream release is Type 1 fonts in a StuffIt archive (.sit); may need to start from a third-party zip such as the one on fontsquirrel. The fonts will need to be converted to OpenType CFF (OTF).
  2. 3 families = 3 subpackages. The archive contains Chemist Regular, Chemist Rough and Chemist Periodic. Chemist Periodic is not a handwriting font.


Additional information

  1. Featured in Tripwiremagazine's 45+ exceptionally useful free handwritten fonts.
  2. Some of the other fonts on Cathy Davies' may have licensing permitting Fedora inclusion.



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