NOTICE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Announcing the alpha release of:

        The Cherokee (Tsalagi) font for Windows, ATM, OS/2, and UNIX
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   Developed under Fontographer 3.5 for Windows running under OS/2 2.1,
this font represents the 85 character syllabary of the Cherokee standard
written language.  All 6 columns of the syllabary are accessible through
standard and shifted keystrokes on any extended keyboard.  Additionally,
standard punctuation is still available, such as commas and periods.

   This font is currently available in a TrueType format for use with
Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Win-OS/2 3.1, as well as an Adobe Type 1 format
for use with Adobe Type Manager and OS/2.  Finally, it is also available
in a Type 1 format for UNIX, which is compatible with NeXT machines as well
as some other UNIX platforms.  Soon to be available is a version for use
with System 7 Macintoshes.  (as soon as I can get my hands on one for 15
minutes!)

   As I am rushing to get this release out into everyone's hands, there
will be some inaccuracies in the representation of some of the characters;
however, all are there and should be well-recognizable.  I would appreciate
any and all feedback on the font; this can be either emailed to me at
locicero@yale.edu or you can reach me by SnailMail at:

Joe LoCicero
P.O. Box 3619 Yale Station
New Haven, CT 06520-3619

   I *promise* that the Macintosh version will be out within a week; I just
need to get to the Computer Center here on campus to get to a mac with a
SuperDrive to convert these files; PLEASE hang on all of you.  

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Contained within this archive are the files:

      README  .1ST - This document
      CHEROKEE.AFM - The .AFM file for use with OS/2 (Adobe Type 1)
      CHEROKEE.CFG - The .CFG file (Adobe Type 1)
      CHEROKEE.INF - The .INF file (Adobe Type 1)
      CHEROKEE.MAP - A key map of the font in ASCII (text file)
      CHEROKEE.NXT - The UNIX Adobe Type 1 font - for NeXT computers
      CHEROKEE.PFB - The .PFB file (Adobe Type 1)
      CHEROKEE.PFM - The .PFM file (Adobe Type 1)
      CHEROKEE.TTF - The TrueType font for use with Windows 3.1

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And now, the standard disclaimers:

   (C)opyright 1993 Joseph LoCicero, IV.  All Rights Reserved.  This font
is hereby released into the public domain for the furtherment of research
into the native language of the Tsalagi (Cherokee) Indians of North 
America.  This font may be duplicated as many times as needed so long
as this information file and disclaimer remain included and intact.
No fee may be charged for its distribution except for a modest
copying, hookup, or download fee (not to exceed $5).  This font was created
with help from the Mellon Fund of Yale University.  This font may not
be changed or modified in any way without express written consent of the
author.