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1. instructions in the box to the right HOW TO ADJUST THE TAIL LENGTH ARE ALPHABET sou QRS FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html The I Cnoasshar Feal One feature that designed into Deliscript and believe that this feature has never before been seen in a font is the unique ability to extend the crossbar of the lowercase t out to the left or right over other adjacent lowercase letters or even over a wordspace This type of flourish had previously only been seen in hand lettering Your use of this feature should probably be on the conservative side and probably only in titles logos or single words because it might be a little much to see it overused in blocks of text So have fun but use this feature judiciously ACTIVATING THE T CROSSBARS OpenType OpenType Figure Default Figure Figure Default Figure Position Default Position MIRA st Alaa T Position Default Position st Alaa T Step 2 Using the Type Tool select the letters for the t crossbar to pass over It can even be the entire word minus the cap Step 1 Set your desired copy with as usual both the Standard Ligatures and Contextual Alternates buttons enabled OpenType OpenType Figure Default Figure Figure Default Figure Position Default Position 1 Aaa 0806 1 Titling Alternates De2. Tail Style 3 Tail Style 44 CLICK HERE TO VIEW OR PURCHASE Check out these other fonts from Alphabet Soup available now at Gothic S En ALL THE USUAL CHARACTERS Tail Style 5 UUS Deliscript Design and Art Michael Doret Click here to view or purchase PowerStation Click here to view or purchase Orion Deliscript OpenType Programming Patrick Griffin Canada Type du Ce 02 The Deliscript User Manual 2009 Michael Doret ARE ALPHABET sou EET FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html
3. oe 4 lt gt B The INC the O OM FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html oTH O You re probably familiar with Michael 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 There are 6 different tail styles and within each style there are 20 different lengths ranging from short to long All the tails may be found at the very bottom of the Glyph Palette and are arranged in groups from left to right by style Within each group they start with the shortest and end with the longest The next style then starts again with its shortest tail It is important to be able to discern which are the shortest tails in the Glyph Palette because it will be necessary in order to be able to change the tail style The tails are represented below in the same order they appear in the Glyph Palette left to right and top to bottom Not all the lengths are represented due to space constraints styles 1 2 5 amp 6 are represented by their longest lengths while styles 3 amp 4 by all 20 lengths Tail Style 1 Tail Style 2
4. eli aL USER MANUAL If you ve just purchased Deliscript or are just thinking about it Thank You This manual for its usage in OpenType compatible applications will help you to understand Deliscript s many possi bilies or it will guide you to successfully utilize its many unigue features designed and created Deliscript with a lot of very savvy technical assistance 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 dej 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 Deliscript 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 hope you enjoy using
5. cececeenuiicittlinnaaoa AA UU a CnCz Cz Cg IITATETITNTTTT Fa MITATUTWT ggPgPxPxPxPxPaPaPPaPzPzPzPzt fe E G TTTATIKTETENTETENTITI PR Mk AN AN AN AN AN AN ENEN EN EX IX ININ IX X IN OX OX OX OKX NUNUNUNUNUKIUN 1234567890 SC f EY H 123 UBY DCOM kttao MN VI 6 0o0o v 00 H Sli X gt ope t fat The ALPHABET SOUP THE DELISCRIPT Slant CHARACTER SET The character set below is not totally complete the tails and t crossbar characters are not represented here Other than having crossbar extensions the t crossbar characters are otherwise identical to characters below The tails are featured on page 5 of this manual 1 7 A oo A oo A wy oo oo ee OOOOODGSUUUU ij y Son aabkccddeefffffgghhiijjhkkLLlLCmmnnaao oO S S A A aaaaaaaa aaear ddeeeeeeeetitiitiiullnn AAoaavo d d oaavavtn Afh funu Cn Cely Fifi Tj AUTAT TETINNITIj TA Mma Tu EnEnEnEn En Es Ex Ex E Ez E E Lee Fee i JAaTIAKITETKTETEKTT axaxenen PEPPI ix jj OPEP OpepeilililLLLOLLEPELtjjinxnxaxaxth NR MBK kT ANAN AN AN AN AN EN CK EK ENIN IN IN IN IX INIX OX ON AX AN ANUNUNUNUNYNYN 1234567890 SC 2 2 UBU
6. ck on the shortest displayed in order from shortest to longest tail from one of the other five styles This will within each style at the bottom of the Glyph change the style of the tail to that style palette The six different styles can be seen in more detail in the Tails Menu on page 5 G Step 2 Hold down Shift key and type a left arrow to select the end of the tail Open the Glyph palette and notice the different tail styles the current one being the one thaf s highlighted Glyphs Show Entire Font U elad LLLLLLLLLL CCC MCCEEEE LLLLLLLI keep hitting the Delete key to shorten the tail even more In addition to the four more traditional tail To ch a ame eee designs there are two that are taller than the N N others 3 amp 5 These special thicker tails Step 3 or hit the Underscore key to repeat Step 2 jat left x nd double click on the can be used to accomodate secondary create a longer tail Ahhhh just right shortest tail of the desired style The shortest words such as in a logo or title treatment FT tails are always the ones directly following the last longest tail of a previous style in the Glyph palette reading left to right Then finally to adjust the length of the tail see the
7. fault Position Titling Alternates Position st Allaa Step 4 To remove the crossbar from an area select it again with the Type Tool and then disable the Titling Alternates button by pressing it again Step 3 Click on the Titling Alternates button You ll see the crossbars appear over the areas you selected The t has also now changed to an alternate t Step 6 Then all you need do is to again enable the Titling Alternates button and you ll have a crossbar extending beyond the end of the word Step 5 If you d like the crossbar to extend beyond the end of the word add a wordspace after the word and then select that wordspace with the Type Tool ALPHABET SOUP Alternate characters where available may accessed by highlighting a letter with the Type Tool and then enabling the Stylistic Alternates button in the OpenType palette Please check the Glyph Palette for availability of alternates OponTyne OpenType gt Figure Default Figure Figure Default Figure Position Default Position TP ULA lapi _ Default Position agl T ar Tlia L5 Stylistic Alternates Position Alternates In addition to individual letters ligatures numbers accents symbols and various and sundry glyphs I ve created what we ll call WordLogos complete words that you can access as part of a Deliscript setting or separately for an
8. ngth tails but also for activiating certain complete words and phrases such as No of the etc 7 The Stylistic Alternates button is used to activate alternate characters consult the Character Set on page 4 The Titling Alternates button is used to activate the unigue crossbars which can extend out from the lowercase t described on page 3 fidding Variable Pength aa Simple 1 2 Step 1 Set your text making sure that Step 2 With the 3 buttons selected in the Step 3 Keep tapping the Underscore key HOW TO Standard Ligatures Contextual Alternates OpenType Palette type an Underscore The until the desired length is achieved in this and the Swash buttons are enabled shortest length of the default tai will appear case eight more keystrokes Voila Simple ADJUST THE TAIL LENGTH OpenType x p OpenType x OpenType x A F T E R Figure Default Figure A Figure Default Figure Figure Default Figure D E T E R M RI G Fosition Default Position A Position Default Position Position Default Position L S T Y L E Step 1 Move the text cursor to between the last letter and the tail HOW TO CHANGE THE TAIL STYLE Step 2 then hit the Delete key to shorten Step 1 Move the text insertion point to the Step 3 With the end of the tail selected There are six different tail styles and each is the tail right of the tail Step 2 at left double cli
9. these fonts as much as did creating them Michael Doret Alphabet Soup Type Founders May 2009 A FEW DELISCRIPT POINTERS Cannoli A OpenType x Figure Default Figure H Position Default Position A OpenType x Figure Default Figure H OpenType x Figure Default Figure Position Default Position An ALPHABET Sour FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html 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 letterspacing between adjacent lowercase characters The character alignment has been carefully planned and changing the letterspacing can lead to unintended conseguences 3 You CAN change the proportion of the type by scaling it slightly either horizon tally or vertically If you are using Deliscript Slant this will also change the angle of the letters 4 You CAN change the angle slightly without affecting the font proportion by using the Shear tool in your application 5 For the alternate characters connections and ligatures to work properly we would strongly recommend keeping the Standard Ligatures and Contextual Alternates buttons in the OpenType palette always turned on 6 The Swash button in the OpenType palette is used not just for enabling the variable le
10. y purpose They include words or phrases such as of the and Ltd They are accessed by typing the words you want to set followed by a For example if you want to access the of the WordLogo you would type of theft highlight all the letters with the Type Tool and then in similar fashion to how the tails were accessed enable the Swash button in the OpenType palette The type written text then turns into a WordLogo see examples below OpenType Default Figure Figure Position Default Position mm Aare Swash On the following page is the Deliscript Character Set It wouldn t be practical to show all of the more than 800 glyphs making up each font so I ve eliminated some of the more obvious ones such as the many that are necessary to enable the t crossbars also didn t think it would be practical to show each and every length of the six designs that comprise the 20 tails ea FOUNDERS http MichaelDoret com AlphabetSoup soup html O THE errr S The character set below is not totally complete the tails and t crossbar characters are not represented here Other than having crossbar extensions the t crossbar characters are otherwise identical to characters below The tails are featured on page 5 of this manual CHARACTER SET I oo Ra A m ee O I A oo BBBBO HESUUUUUU P9 aabhecddee PPP PPsshhiijikkllmmnnaaoppaa RRRARRAAAMALULLLUWULULWKKYYZ22 2 aaaaaaaaaaAaawaxccdde
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