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The Macintosh Font Book 1989

The Macintosh Font Book: Typographic Tips, Techniques and Resources is a 1989 book by Erfert Fenton, published by Peachpit Press, Berkeley, California. ISBN 0-938151-05-3; Library of Congress Z286.D47F46 1989, card number 88-34539. The scan is of the second printing.[1] The Library of Congress record gives the extent as xi, 260 pages.[2]

It is a book about typography with PostScript fonts on the Macintosh and LaserWriter: type terminology, choosing and installing typefaces, managing a font collection, creating and altering fonts, and printing, including sending work to a service bureau. Fenton states that bit-mapped fonts are not covered, because the book concentrates on typeset-quality output.[3]

Contents

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Page numbers are from the book's contents list.[4]

  • Acknowledgments, p. v; How This Book Was Made, p. vii; Introduction, p. ix
  • 1 Typographic Terminology, p. 1
  • 2 Building a Typeface Library, p. 17
  • 3 Font Installation, p. 53
  • 4 Font Management, p. 75
  • 5 Type Tips, p. 95
  • 6 Creating and Enhancing Typefaces, p. 131
  • 7 Printing Options, p. 155
  • Appendices: A Vendor Information, p. 171; B Specialty Fonts, p. 185; C Foreign-Language Faces, p. 187; D Alternate Typeface Names, p. 189; E PostScript Service Bureaus, p. 191; F PostScript Typefaces, p. 209
  • Glossary, p. 243; Bibliography, p. 251; Index, p. 253

What this book does not contain

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It has no service procedures, schematics or electrical data for the Macintosh or the LaserWriter. Apple's LaserWriter service manuals are in Category:Apple Service Source. The hosted scan is 262 PDF pages, covers included.

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Download: The_Macintosh_Font_Book_1989.pdf (16.6 MB)

References

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  1. ↑ Erfert Fenton, The Macintosh Font Book (Peachpit Press, 1989), cover, title page and copyright page (PDF pp. 1-3).
  2. ↑ Open Library, The Macintosh font book, record OL2056186M, from Library of Congress catalogue data. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
  3. ↑ Fenton, The Macintosh Font Book, Introduction, pp. ix-xi (PDF pp. 8-10).
  4. ↑ Fenton, The Macintosh Font Book, Contents, pp. iii-iv (PDF pp. 4-5).
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