I first saw Graphic Light back in the middle Seventies when the Baltimore
Type Foundry was closing down and selling off its remaining stock of
metal types. I liked it, but I donÕt clearly know why. Maybe it was its unusual
ÒftÓ ligature, maybe the small x-height. I bought lots of it, in several sizes,
and even set a few small pamphlets in it.

When Macintosh came along, Graphic Light was one of countless typographical
treasures that I was no longer able to use. So, since no big company is likely
to reproduce it, and since Fontographer 3.0 makes the work so easy, I have
done it myself. It is a Christmas gift to any and all from The Underground
Grammarian.

I have included the Fontographer outline file so that you can do things to it,
but do be respectful. You may, for instance, want to add for your own use an
ÒffiÓ ligature. The original had only Òft,Ó Òff,Ó Òfi,Ó Òfl,Ó and Òffl.Ó You could
do others very easily, usually with nothing more than a Get Part. But donÕt go
crazy. DonÕt slant it! It had no italic to begin with, and doesnÕt need one.

If you use it for blocks of text, always try it first set solid, that is, with
a line spacing equal to its size, 12 on 12, for instance. The face, because
of its small x-height, is very small on the body, and the lines will fly apart
with too much leading. Since youÕre setting type on a computer, you can even
use a negative leading. I have made a few attractive pages using 13 point type
leaded 12.5 points. Works well.

The bitmap sizes included are 12, 13, 14, 18, 24, and 48. The first three have
been edited in Fontastic Plus, but with no intention to make them look like the
type face--a silly enterprise. The 24 and 48 came out well enough that they
need (for my taste) nothing more. But the 18 is a mess, and it has not been
touched. Fix it if you like, or do what I do and live with it.

And a Merry Christmas to all from

Richard Mitchell
Associate Circulation Editor

The Underground Grammarian
Post Office Box 203
Glassboro, NJ 08028

To install this font you need only two of the files in this archive:

The PostScript file should be dropped into your System Folder. The PostScript
file is the one named ÒGraphLigÓ.

The contents of the bitmap file should be installed into your System file
with the Font/DA Mover version 3.8 or above. Use the standard procedure
for installing a bitmap font file. The bitmap file is the one named
ÒGraphicLight.bmapÓ. If you have trouble doing this, double check that you
are using Font/DA Mover version 3.8. When Font/DA Mover 3.8 is running, you
will see the number 3.8 in the top left corner of the menu bar.

All the other files you can ignore, unless you have Fontographer 3.0.