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Chasline is a fresh, semi-industrial display face of a style fairly popular  
with designers right now. IÕve seen Chasline-like faces used in everything  
from advertising to movie titles (Jack NicholsonÕs ÒThe Two JakesÓ) to  
article openings in magazines (especially features having to do with design). 
 
I created it because there was nothing like it on the market, and I needed  
something to use as a relatively hip logotype for my band.  
 Chasline is partially inspired by the typeface Pulp Modern, a face by Nick  
Pavkovic and used extensively throughout his Pulp magazine. Pulp Modern,  
even if you could get it, couldnÕt be used by any usual Mac programs, because 
 
it exists only as set of seven or eight PostScript routines that are used to  
draw various parts of its characters (see the May 1990 issue of Publish).  
Chasline, however, can be used like any other Macintosh typeface. Chasline is 
 
a homogeneous, almost minimalist face, which mirrors PavkovicÕs original idea 
 
of creating every capital letter with only a few PostScript routines (my  
extensions to the face generally follow the same philosophy), but Chasline  
goes far beyond Pulp ModernÕs caps-only letterforms and also includes  
lowercase letters, numerals, punctuation, and most other special  
characters, all of my own design.  
  
  
  
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In Pulp, Pulp ModernÕs uppercase characters are used with liberal amounts of  
letterspacing (at least as wide as the characters themselves) Ñ Chasline  
also works very well this way. Mixed case text in Chasline (or even just  
lowercase) has itÕs own unique look and, I think, a really distinct color,  
partially because of the even strokes of the letterforms and also because  
its x-height is particularly low, with the stems of dÕs, hÕs, etc. reaching  
high above the baseline.  
 Chasline could be used in body copy, but probably in small amounts only Ñ  
and then IÕm sure it would benefit from generous leading, possibly a little  
extra character spacing, and most likely typeset output. Chasline is also  
appropriate for some logos (though itÕs certainly not neutral Ñ IÕm warning  
all plumbing supply stores, rendering services and morgues right now) and for 
 
many types of heads, subheads, initial caps, etc.  
 Chasline can be effectively manipulated in text-effect programs, and some  
transmogrifications work really well. And, like all typefaces that depend  
on kerning, it will look better using programs that support it (like  
PageMaker, QuarkExpress, FreeHand, Illustrator, etc.) then with  
typographically ignorant programs that donÕt (Word is the only one I use  
that wonÕt).  
  
  
T  H  E   D  E  A  L  
  
  
  
Chasline is shareware. Feel free to pass it on, as long as you pass along the 
 
entire StuffIt file. (Those of you distributing shareware collections, please 
 
write for permission.) The version of Chasline in the archive is close to the 
 
version you will receive if you decide you like it and pay the shareware  
fee. For $25 and a floppy youÕll get Chasline in an ATM-compatible type 1  
format Ñ that version will also have any special characters that IÕve added  
since publishing this shareware version and, more significantly, an expanded  
and refined set of kerning pairs. This version is certainly not a cripple,  
but the version you buy will be better. If you use it, please pay for it.  
(Do it now!)  
    I feel that the shareware fee is reasonable for my work. All shareware  
monies paid will (a) help me pay college tuition expenses, and (b) encourage  
me to release more of my work through the shareware system. Advance thanks  
to those of you with honor.  
  
  
  
T  H  E   D  E  T  A  I  L  S  
  
  
  
      Charles Wiltgen  
        SyncOptic Font Foundry  
  
       2410 Broadway, Apt. B  
  Dubuque, Iowa 5200  
  
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      $25 shareware fee + formatted diskette official release version  
  
       $28 if youÕd rather I supplied the diskette  
  
  
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I know a lot of people out there have more experience in this field than me,  
and IÕd like to polish this face to a high sheen Ñ if you have any comments  
on the face as a whole (ÒWhat were you thinking?Ó, ÒAny chance for a small  
caps version?Ó) or on specific characters (ÒYou know, I like the face but  
have you thought about trying this with the slash-0ÉÓ), please send me your  
comments. I will read and consider all of them, especially if there are  
helpful hints buried in the criticism! Thanks Ñ and yes, if thereÕs interest, 
 
I plan on creating Chasline Demi and Chasline Black that those who paid for  
the face will receive if they send a formatted disk and return postage.