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1. pa 7y Deliicuint USER MANUAL If you ve just purchased Deliscript or are just thinking about it Thank You This manual for its usage in applications that don t support the automatic features of OpenType will help guide you to successfully utilize Deliscript s unique features designed and created Deliscript with a lot of very savvy technical assis tance from Patrick Griffin of Canada Type in Toronto A huge Thank You goes out to Patrick for all his tireless help in making this font a reality Although the initial idea for Deliscript was inspired by the neon sign in front of Canter s Delicatessen in Los Angeles the design soon took on a life of its own and its own distinctive look Unlike most retro fonts Deliscript is not a retread of an older design that had been lost or forgotten found and then recreated Like its sibling Metroscript it is a completely new and unique design created from the ground up It may have historical antecedents but despite the d j vu feeling it may provoke let me assure you that it s as new and fresh as anything else out there Deliscript was inititally conceived as an upright script but after playing with the design for a while decided to also create an italicized version Delis cript Slant This version is much more than the upright version skewed at an angle it has its own unique characters that only appear in Deliscript Slant This version of Deliscript doesn t have the ea2. Keystroke Commands Tu PG Ju ft Opt e a a Optra a Opt i a a Opt u a a Opt u o a Opt n o D Opt e u u Opt u u Opt i u D Opt u u et Opt 8 D Opt s a Opt n a EE Sh Opt Opa BWOpt GOpt c ZE Opt E Opt e e E Opt E Opt e WOpto E Ootie ZO E Opt u e UE Sh Opt q LOpte i E Opt q LOpt i BLOpt COpti i UL Opt u y LOpt u i i Sh Opt 5 TeOptn n OL Sh Opt r Opt e o 4 Sh Opt k A Opt o USh Opt b a Opt i o CHARACTER MAPS DELISCRIPT Tails I Keystroke Commands ttn B C D Oo Z E T T go Sai in Ju Q or emm emm muud 2 H muu C uu l D uu D gt E m D gt aR D C Sec D O gt H EH D _ A D O _ A o 0 gt K a mmm 07 _ DIO au SVC M C a oA N Ca mmm oo Sew ee 0 l CEA a o O mmm D 0 emm D ue AAA a hr Lab ALPHABET DK CAE FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html a b gt O Im Q Loi Sch CHARACTER MAPS DELISCRIPT Tails Il Keystroke Commands O Oo GO NI OAO Oo A Sh 1 Sh 2 Sh 3 Sh 4 Se Sh 6 Sh 7 Sh 8 Sh 9 Sh 0 IT SS Sl bb FI Se CC do E Deliscript OpenType Programming Patrick Griffin Canada Type CHARACTER MAPS DELISCRIPT ENDINGS Keystroke Commands SG SS RH th Tl K D pe
3. DL aa Ek bb mM Cc RN dd QO te pr Ei qua So RR hh AS ti tr ji uu kk uv WW Mm KX nn YY oo 27 pp ux Ga GX Rr A s t Uu Uy UL w K x Y y ZZ Fi th IL a Sh Opt A Sh Opt c E Opt e E n Opt n N a Opt u O UW Opt u U a Opt e a a Opi a Deliscript Design and Art Michael Doret http CanadaType com a Opti a Opti u Y Optu Y a Opt u a H Optu u pi Sh Opt 5 a Opt n a li Opt t pl Sh Opt 6 a Opt a Le Opt 6 ot SH Opt 7 Opt c Ot Opt 8 a Sh Opt m E Opt e e D Opt s Opt i E E Opt e E Sh Opt A Sh Opt y Opti e A Sh Opt o E Optu E Opt u e pp Opt E Opt E L Opt e i P Opt D Sh Opt s LOpt i E Opt t Sh Opt d t Opti i Opto USh Optf LOptu i OL sh Opt Loet D Opi n n op Opt 1 a Sh Opt h a Opte o A Opt A a Sh Opt j a Opt o 3 Opt n A Sh Opt k a Opti o Optn O a Sh Opt Optu o Sh Optg U Sh Opt a Opt n o Opt q u Opt i U u Opt e u bi Opt u Opt U Opt u B Sh Opt t Sh Opt b y Opt u y d You re probably familiar with Michael Dansta logo and lettering work without being aware of it If you ve seen his logo for the NY Knicks or one of his many Time covers then you might be aware of the power and dynamism he has brought to the art of the letterform He s now applying to his font design efforts all those years of experi ence in creating letterform art now under the name Alphabet Soup Type Founders d CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR PURCHASE Check ou
4. Deliscript looks harder than it is Although not shown in the above examples inserting or setting ligatures accented characters WordLogos etc into your document by font substitution is quite simple if you follow the procedures as outlined The 6 Character Maps on the following pages contain the entire Deliscript character set Please consult them to find the specific characters you need For certain characters not available on North American keyboards please consult the glyph palettes in your Operating System or in your specific application Font menu CHARACTER MAPS DELISCRIPT ALTERNATES Keystroke Commands Please Note for all character maps to save space these Character Maps do not appear in both Deliscript Upright and Deliscript Slant They have identical characters and identical keystroke commands except as noted Those characters which appear only in Upright are colored GREEN Those characters which appear only in Slant are colored BROWN All other characters appear in both and are colored PURPLE The Keystroke Commands for all characters are in RED d Sp o Oo a Opt g R Rr Sh Opt o TU As p Dv GA W w Opt o Opt A D Opt n A Ww Cz c 2 z Opt n O pt z E u Pi Sh Opt 5 pe gr UL PL sh Opt The Jw a Sh Opt m Mm a Opt u A Opt i E O Sh Opt A a Sh Opt y 54 Opt e E 53 Opt u E Om DO a ol R V W 2 O 3 R 4 v Opt u O ES Opt E ga 5 u O Opt e o Sh Opt h s t 6 y
5. O Opt o 0 Sh Opt j By 7 wD O Opti o 8 Sh Optk t 8 Ju Optu o Sh Opt p f O Opt n o Lab ALPHABET DK CAE FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html yx 22 zh zh zk amp CHARACTER MAPS DELISCRIPT LIGATURES Keystroke Commands sj e Cn A Cer Esc En D CA E sr Jac Je H Te Th Ja k Tre JA M Jun Jw 0 Tip Qu Q FR Ja s TET Jeu Jax V Tex W Tex X yj Y FL Pj FL th fj ex Opt e E 74 Opt u O z Opt u U ax Opt e a ax Opt a ax Opt i a ax Opt u a ax Opt n a sch Opt an Opt a EX Opt e e EX Opt e EX Opt i e EX Opt u e LX Opt e i ix Opt i UK Opt i i x Opt u i ax Opt e o ax Opt o ax Opt i o ax Opt u o ax Opt n o ux Opt e u UN Opt u UN Opt i u UX Opt u u LL Opt 6 OL Opt 8 et Opt Op sh Opt Of Opt 1 i Opt Gi Opt OL Sh Opt YX Opt u y LE Sh Opt r koi ki k En Sh Opt s En Sh Opt d En Sh Opt En Opt EA Sh Opt h ls Sh Opt 3 Sh Oprk EA Sh Opt l fz Sh Opt fz Opt i U z Opt U E H wk Br er pr A Si 1 Qo gt emm aaa Sl aS ow amp NX JA M T N Iw 0 Tip Om Q FER Ja s TET Jeu Jax V TEX W TEX X yj Y EE CS Pj ES tK a pam RR XI o o ALBA ALPHABET mak OUP A FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html dd Be Fi Ti Be Lo O lt a w EI XI S ei El a DI a i BI pl ai al DELISCRIPT CROSSBARS
6. 0 tails in each of these fonts 1 20 total in six different styles Each style has 20 different lengths which range incrementally from short to long The shortest will fit under a word of approximately 3 letters in length and the longest will accomodate a word of about a dozen characters It is difficult to give exact specifications as that will be determined by the widths of the specific letters in any given word Below are the six styles represented by their middle lengths T T The two thicker tails above were intended to be tall enough to accomodate additional text and allow the designer to insert copy that would be suboordinate to the main word or words and give the sense of being a custom designed piece of lettering An example would be the headline graphic at the upper left corner of this page Deliscript The Basics ASE ALPHABET AE FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html 9 THE BASICS 2 Setting words utilizing the alternates ligatures crossbars and tails is much easier than it might appear The following examples go through the steps involved in creating words and then customiz ing their appearanc substitution of characters contained in the seven different fonts as outlined on the previous page 1 Using Alternates let s say you want to set the word wacko If you were to set it in the basic font you d need to correct two problems the wai connction and the ending o x Character
7. ely and referencing the 6 character maps at the end of this document If you happen to be working with an application that does support OpenType s automatic features then you re in luck You only need to use the fonts Deliscript Regular otf and Deliscript Italic otf but you should refer to the User Manual that s in the Deliscript OT folder Delt OT Manual pdf Mia ALPHABET Sour OUP ANA FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html To get a more complete overview of Deliscript s unique features it would be recommended to first consult The Deliscript User Manal for OpenType Compatible Applications which can be found in the Deliscript OT folder or from the same website you may have downloaded this Manual from From that document you can gain a better understanding of some of Deliscript s unique features such as the t crossbars the variable length tails and the WordLogos E o O THE BASICS 1 There are 7 fonts 14 if you count the Slant or italic fonts separately included in the Deliscript Alt OT package With only a few exceptions this manual will be referring only to the Upright versions of Deliscript For the most part the Slant italic fonts are identical to and work the same way as the Upright fonts Differences between the two will be noted in the Character Maps at the end of this Manual By alternately accessing characters with the keystrokes as noted in the Character Map pages from the 7 fonts in Up
8. i Aly PE auto ei GAR ei Aly PE ruto M ay Eo ei Ay Bo ei ay fo ei TD tera Av Elo ed AY Ro ei Set the copy in the basic Select the s character Select the letters that you You can also extend the and then change the font The s and t need to with the Type tool and in want the crossbar to pass crossbar past the end by font to Endings Then change to beginning and the Character palette over and then change hitting the space bar For consulting the Character ending letters change the font to Alts he font to Crossbars an ending t select it Map hit the T key x x Character x Character x 9 Character x Character x Deliscript Tails H Deliscript Tails H Deliscript Tails 11 Deliscript Alts Italic Italic Italic Italic nt menu Thee ei Ze sei TA ei Ze sc TE ei Ze sc TE ei Ze sei Vo Mar M Vo Mar ei Vo Mac ei Ay Pia e af ei TA ei Ars Go Hab A To set Tails delete the to Tails lor Il Consult Let s change the style and To finish we ll change then you only need word space and with the the Character Map for length We ll choose the s to a Cap by select to type your Cap S to cursor at the end of the style Hitting C gives a another tail by deleting ing it and changing the finish this procedure This word change the font tail that s a bit too short the first and hitting 5 font to basic
9. ree character ligatures caps and lower case all lower case with accented and non accented characters There are several differences between the Upright and Slant versions please consult the Character Map for more details an Eg Tan Eg sch 4 Deliscript Crossbars otf these may be substituted for lower case characters and lower case and u amp lc ligatures and accented characters in those situations when you d like the crossbars of the lower case t to extend out in either one or both directions Additionally the crossbar may also be extended over a word space There are several differences between the Upright and Slant versions please consult the Character Map for more details ah FE Cat Seva 5 Deliscript Endings otf these are all characters that fall at the end of words As the connectors between letters usually sweep upwards these alternates all end with a short horzontal stroke which also serves as a transition to connect with the variable length tails The lowercase v and w in this font are not actually ending letters those two may be found in Deliscript Alts but do serve as transition connector letters with the tails Also included here are ending letters and ligatures with crossbars and two different s glyphs There are several differences between the Upright and Slant versions please consult the Character Map for more details AEA WAS PP w 6 Deliscript Tails amp 7 Deliscript Tails Il there are 6
10. right and the 7 in Slant you will be able to achieve the same results that you would have had you been using an OpenType compatible application These fonts are 1 Deliscript otf This is the basic Deliscript font that you should start with in which to set your copy It contains all the basic upper and lower case characters composited accent characters and accents numerals math characters English and non English punctuation and classic font extras Here are some St characters bfzac Ak D GOS u OM 2 Deliscript Alts otf This font contains characters which fall into several different categories 1 Alternate Characters there are several characters that are offered as alternates such as a mz 2 Alternate Ending Characters there are several characters that are used only at the end of words and only when there is no tail attached vo 3 Alternate Connection Characters these are used in difficult script connector scenarios when the standard characters don t connect properly alternates represented below in red va went 4 WordLogos included in Deliscript Upright and Slant is a group of designed WordLogos that may be used together or apart from any typesetting you re doing in Deliscript ne She pto 3 Deliscript Ligatures otf like it says these are just a variety of ligatures specially concocted for those combinations that just wouldn t work properly with the regular character set THese include two and th
11. se and fluidity of setting that it would have if you were using an application that supported the automatic features of OpenType Nevertheless you can still access all the foreign accented characters alternates ligatures tails and crossbars and achieve the same stunning results In the following pages we will show you how hope you enjoy using these fonts as much as did creating them Ar ichael Doret Alphabet Soup Type Founders May 2009 A FEW DELISCRIPT POINTERS 1 PLEASE don t set Deliscript in all caps In fact traditionally most scripts were never meant to be used without lower case letters 2 NEVER change the letter spacing between adjacent lowercase characters The character alignment has been carefully planned and chang ing the letterspacing can lead to unintended consequences 3 You CAN change the proportion of the type by scaling it slightly either horizontally or vertically If you are using Deliscript Slant this will also change the angle of the letters Cannali Cannali A 4 You CAN change the angle slightly without affect ing the font proportion by using the Shear tool in your application the letters Cannoli A Deliscript contains dozens of alternate characters ligatures tails and crossbars On the following pages we will show you how to access them by using the 7 fonts included in the Deliscript Alt OT font package 14 fonts if you count Upright and Slant separat
12. t these other fonts from Alphabet Soup available now at U Eee ALL TH THE USUAL CHARACTERS Click here to view or purchase Orion Click here to view or purchase PowerStation The Deliscript User Manual 2009 Michael Doret ARE ALPHABET sou GEST FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html
13. x 9 Character x t Character x a Deliscript ln Regular ei TE ei Els n Ay Pia ei ab ei 9 Character x z Deliscript Alts M Regular ei TA ei Elo de Go Hab RS Character x Deliscript Alts Deliscript Alts Regular Tee ei Els in Gan ua A Regular TA Als in A ae A TA ei A rs iV Gan ab A Set the copy in the basic In the Character palette Then hit the keystroke For an ending o select In this case the correct o font then select the letter change the font to Alts bom the Alts Character the o then change the appears no need to con w using the Type Tool Not bad but not correct Map for the correct w font back again to Alts sult the Character Map 2 Crossbars amp Tails once you understand the font substitution process for accessing all the unique features of this font the rest is a piece of cake Below we ll take you through a simple setting of a word adding a crossbar to the t and then adding one of the six tail designs to the word A Hen x Character x Character x 3 Character x Character x Deliscript Deliscript Alts Deliscript Crossbars Deliscript Crossbars ei Italic Italic Font menu Italic Font menu Italic j Tee A iM Tee ei Aer Thee M A Thee A A Aly EI au ei GAR e
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