ENTER WHIZBANG�!
The Computer Font for Comic Book Lettering!



INSTALLATION

WhizBang ships with both TrueType and Type 1 versions of the font. 

To install the TrueType version, move the WhizBang suitcase 
file in the TrueTyp folder to any one of the following directories:

~/Library/Fonts
/Library/Fonts
/System/Library/Fonts

To install the Type 1 versions, move all the files in the Type 1 
folder except the two AFM files into your system folder. The AFM 
files are provided for any application that may require them, 
but they are not necessary for most installations. 



RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USING THE FONT:

This font is best used in a page layout program. We suggest using 
something like Adobe InDesign or Quark Xpress, and drawing or image
applications like Illustrator or Photoshop. We also recommend using 
anti-aliasing (font smoothing).

For the best comicbook-looking results, use all capital letters and keep 
the leading (line spacing) tight. Center all the lines within your words 
balloons. Use bold italic for stressing words (which breaks the 
dialog up in a nice way if used sparingly and tastefully. Make sure to set 
the kerning option (if available) to be active at the smallest 
point sizes possible.

To get the character for first person pronoun "I", enter option+shift+b. 
To get smart quotes, use option+[ and option+shift+[, and option+shift+] 
for smart apostrophe. Left and right "burst" characters are option+shift+5 
and option+shift+6. The following table shows all the characters in a font. 
With WhizBang installed, highlight them all and change the font to WhizBang 
to see everything in it. You can keep this file handy to copy and paste the 
characters you want, or use the Character Palette (part of the international
settings) to find the keystrokes that make them.

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ?
@ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _
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p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
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This font is designed for the creation of comics, so it does not 
contain some symbols like Sigma, LogicalNot or other mathematical 
characters that get mapped to most text fonts. Instead, we include 
some squiggles and smileys and such, typical of comics. 


EXTRAS

The Balloons folder contains EPS files for different kinds of
word balloons. Try them out to see if they can be of help in
setting up your story. They are not infinitely malleable, but
can at least help you get started. Some of the files have 
individual parts of balloons that allow some customizable 
combinations (with perhaps a little touching up).

EPS files are usually positioned in your document using your 
application's "import" or "place" command. Page layout programs 
are the most appropriate tools for using these balloons. 
(Not all programs support the EPS format. Check with your 
application's documentation to see if they can work for you.)
They can be enlarged, stretched, squashed, or shrunk as any other 
graphic objects imported into documents. Within the page layout 
program, you would then position your comics text over the 
balloon, breaking lines to fit as needed. Centering each of the 
lines of text within the space of the balloon usually works best 
(and can usually be done with a simple formatting command).


THE LEGAL BIT

This software is licensed only to one individual user per
purchased copy, who may legally copy it without restriction 
and convert it to other formats if necessary, but solely for 
their own use. This is a fairly broad license, because we 
realize individual users may want to use their fonts on 
different systems, but it does not allow for multiple 
simultaneous users. If your site requires multiple copies,
please inquire about our quantity discounts. By the terms of
this license it's illegal to give copies of this software away, 
or to sell copies of it. If you want to be rid of it, you can 
sell the original disk to someone else. But if you keep a copy 
for your own use as well, you're pirating it. 

By purchasing this font, you are licensed to use it in it's 
printed form in any way you see fit. There are no restrictions 
on printed reproduction and publishing, and you are not required 
to provide credit to Studio Daedalus, though feel free to do so!


But enough palaver! We hope WhizBang enhances your creative 
efforts. Write to get on our mailing list for future updates
and enhancements or feel free to contact us for any reason at:

Studio Daedalus
P.O. Box 7651
Champaign IL 61826-7651

Check out our web page for more information:
http://www.whizbangfont.com/


WhizBang is a registered trademark of Studio Daedalus.
WhizBang font software, extras, packaging and docs 
(c)1993, 1997 Andre Kuzniarek.
All rights reserved.