\section{The {\tt Cheq} Font}

This directory contains a PostScript chess font released by Adobe
Systems and acquired from the Unix newsgroup {\tt comp.sources.misc}
on 11th July 1989.  The following text is taken from the information
accompanying the distribution.  Note that several of the files have
been renamed for insertion into the archive.  In addition to the files
mentioned below, there is a \LaTeX\ style file, {\tt cheq.sty}, which
provides definitions for the various chess pieces.

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This is a posting of the Adobe chess font `Cheq'. It is being licensed
to you royalty-free by Adobe Systems, Inc., for your use and not for
sale to others.  This font software is provided as is and Adobe
disclaims all warranties, including merchantability and fitness for a
particular purpose. 

This current release is in five parts:

\begin{enumerate}
   \item the ascii version of the downloadable font (cheq.ps)
   \item the Font Metrics (AFM) file, the TeX .PL file, and an
         example text file using Cheq (example.ps)
   \item the Macintosh printer font in Binhex'd compressed StuffIt
         format (cheq-f.sit-hqx)
   \item the Macintosh screen fonts (10,11,12,14,16,18, and 24 point)
         in NFNT resource format in Binhex'd compressed StuffIt format
         (cheq-sf.sit-hqx)
   \item Macintosh text examples of Cheq in Binhex'd compressed StuffIt
         format (cheq-txt.sit-hqx)
\end{enumerate}

The IBM PC version of the font (for Windows and Ventura Publisher) are
not yet completely tested and will posted at a later date.

All `Cheq' data will be available on CompuServe and also the Adobe
PS fileserver (send e-mail to {\tt ps-file-server@adobe.com} containing
the word {\tt help} for more information). 

If you need the bitmap files in their original ascii format for
conversion into another format, please contact me.

As a personal request: If you like Cheq, and decide to use it, please
drop me a line letting me know. I just want to know how many people
actually are interested in this font, and if it was worth all my spare time.

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\noindent John Renner\\
Adobe Systems, Inc.\\
1585 Charleston Road\\
Mountain View, CA 94039-7900


