I had an idea for a font earlier this morning and made a start at producing it for just under an hour.
I have uploaded the font to the web.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE001.TTF
I have installed the font on the PC which I am using and I have tried it out in WordPad at 48 point in blue.
In this first stage version there are four uppercase letters and fifteen lowercase letters.
Here are the notes which I made in a text file named Angle font.rtf using the Microsoft WordPad program as I proceeded.
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Saturday 13 October 2007
Start a new font Angle 001 in ANGLE001.TTF using FontCreator 5.6.
Run Autonaming so as to set the date in the format which I prefer.
Set metrics to 2048, 0, -768.
Try an H.
Set space and nonmarkingreturn to have widths of 1024. This may perhaps be changed later.
Try an A by adapting a copy of H.
Try an O by adapting a copy of A.
Try an o by adapting a copy of o.
Try a p by adapting a copy of o.
Try a q by adapting a copy of p.
Try a T by adapting a copy of H.
Try an e by adapting a copy of o.
Try a lowercase l by adapting a copy of H.
Try a c by adapting a copy of e. This may perhaps be changed later. Is it too pointed?
Try an n by adapting a copy of o.
Try an m by adapting two copies of n.
Try an h by adapting a copy of n.
Try an a by adapting a copy of e.
Try a b by adapting a copy of p.
Try a d by adapting a copy of q.
Try a g by adapting a copy of q.
Try an s by adapting a copy of a.
Try an r by adapting a copy of n.
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William Overington
13 October 2007
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I have now produced a second stage of the font.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE002.TTF
Here is a copy of the notes which I made as I proceeded.
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12.09 pm
Use Angle 002 in ANGLE002.TTF as the working font.
Try a t by adapting a copy of lowercase l.
Try an f by adapting a copy of p.
Try a u by adapting a copy of n.
Try an i by adapting a copy of lowercase l.
Try a v by adapting a copy of u.
Try a w by adapting two copies of v.
Try a z by adapting a copy of s.
Try an E by adapting a copy of h.
Try an F by adapting a copy of E.
Try a D by adapting a copy of O.
Try a C by adapting a copy of O.
Try a G by adapting a copy of C.
12.51 pm
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William Overington
13 October 2007
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE002.TTF
Here is a copy of the notes which I made as I proceeded.
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12.09 pm
Use Angle 002 in ANGLE002.TTF as the working font.
Try a t by adapting a copy of lowercase l.
Try an f by adapting a copy of p.
Try a u by adapting a copy of n.
Try an i by adapting a copy of lowercase l.
Try a v by adapting a copy of u.
Try a w by adapting two copies of v.
Try a z by adapting a copy of s.
Try an E by adapting a copy of h.
Try an F by adapting a copy of E.
Try a D by adapting a copy of O.
Try a C by adapting a copy of O.
Try a G by adapting a copy of C.
12.51 pm
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William Overington
13 October 2007
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I produced a third stage of the font this morning.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE003.TTF
Here is a copy of the notes which I made as I proceeded.
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Monday 15 October 2007
9.02 am
Use Angle 003 in ANGLE003.TTF as the working font.
The lowercase needs j, k, x and y to complete a basic alphabet.
Try a j by adapting a copy of i.
Try a y by adapting a copy of g.
Try an x by adapting a copy of v.
Try a k by adapting a copy of b.
Change the design of the r.
Try an S by adapting a copy of C, bearing in mind the design of s.
Try a U by adapting a copy of O.
Try a V by adapting a copy of v.
Try an I by adapting a copy of T.
Try an L by adapting a copy of uppercase I.
9.52 am
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The font now has 26 lowercase letters and 14 uppercase letters.
William Overington
15 October 2007
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE003.TTF
Here is a copy of the notes which I made as I proceeded.
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Monday 15 October 2007
9.02 am
Use Angle 003 in ANGLE003.TTF as the working font.
The lowercase needs j, k, x and y to complete a basic alphabet.
Try a j by adapting a copy of i.
Try a y by adapting a copy of g.
Try an x by adapting a copy of v.
Try a k by adapting a copy of b.
Change the design of the r.
Try an S by adapting a copy of C, bearing in mind the design of s.
Try a U by adapting a copy of O.
Try a V by adapting a copy of v.
Try an I by adapting a copy of T.
Try an L by adapting a copy of uppercase I.
9.52 am
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The font now has 26 lowercase letters and 14 uppercase letters.
William Overington
15 October 2007
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I produced a fourth stage of the font this afternoon.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE004.TTF
Here is a copy of the notes which I made as I proceeded.
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3.00 pm
Use Angle 004 in ANGLE004.TTF as the working font.
Try a full stop by adapting a copy of i.
Try a comma by adapting a copy of full stop.
Try a colon by adapting two copies of full stop.
Try a semicolon by adapting copies of colon and comma.
Try an exclamation mark by adapting a copy of colon.
Try a question mark by adapting copies of S and full stop.
Try a W by adapting two copies of V.
Try a Y by adapting a copy of v.
Try a Z by adapting a copy of z.
Try an X by adapting a copy of x.
Try a B by adapting a copy of D.
Try an N by adapting a copy of H.
Try an M by adapting a copy of W.
Try a P by adapting a copy of D.
Try an R by adapting a copy of P.
Try a Q by adapting a copy of O.
Try a J by adapting a copy of uppercase I.
Try a K by adapting a copy of k.
Try a hyphen by adapting a copy of colon.
Try an fi ligature by adapting copies of f and i.
Try an fl ligature by adapting copies of f and lowercase l.
Try a .notdef glyph by adapting a copy of O.
Try an e acute by adapting a copy of e.
Add an f and e acute kern at -256 font units, so that the word Café might be stylish in a desktop publishing package which recognizes kerning.
4.19 pm
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William Overington
15 October 2007
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/ANGLE004.TTF
Here is a copy of the notes which I made as I proceeded.
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3.00 pm
Use Angle 004 in ANGLE004.TTF as the working font.
Try a full stop by adapting a copy of i.
Try a comma by adapting a copy of full stop.
Try a colon by adapting two copies of full stop.
Try a semicolon by adapting copies of colon and comma.
Try an exclamation mark by adapting a copy of colon.
Try a question mark by adapting copies of S and full stop.
Try a W by adapting two copies of V.
Try a Y by adapting a copy of v.
Try a Z by adapting a copy of z.
Try an X by adapting a copy of x.
Try a B by adapting a copy of D.
Try an N by adapting a copy of H.
Try an M by adapting a copy of W.
Try a P by adapting a copy of D.
Try an R by adapting a copy of P.
Try a Q by adapting a copy of O.
Try a J by adapting a copy of uppercase I.
Try a K by adapting a copy of k.
Try a hyphen by adapting a copy of colon.
Try an fi ligature by adapting copies of f and i.
Try an fl ligature by adapting copies of f and lowercase l.
Try a .notdef glyph by adapting a copy of O.
Try an e acute by adapting a copy of e.
Add an f and e acute kern at -256 font units, so that the word Café might be stylish in a desktop publishing package which recognizes kerning.
4.19 pm
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William Overington
15 October 2007
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Earlier this morning I produced an A3 poster design as an example of using this font.
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/future.pdf
William Overington
9 November 2007
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/future.pdf
William Overington
9 November 2007