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#Video titling fonts

    16-Jul-90 23:57:20
Fm: John Bittner 72245,1110
To: Pete Gould 71240,2152
Just screaming for them isn't enough. They've got to be willing to purchase them too. Despite the fact that we are the only company producing Amiga fonts in a complete range of sizes and in both normal and extended versions, font sales are pitifull. I'm afraid that too many people (as well as some software companies) consider our fonts "freeware." Producing fonts, in whatever format, is a painstaking, tedious, and thankless business. Each of our Zuma Font volumes contains 36 alphabets, that's well over 1900 characters, each of which is processed by hand, not once, but many times. You wouldn't believe the time and effort that takes. I'm sorry to say that from a purely financial point of view, it's not worth it in this market. My wife, Copper, who punishes herself doing these things, is finishing up Volume 6 now. She swears that'll be the last of them from us. She'll get no argument from me.