Pop Symbols
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:06 am
Discussion of Symbol fonts in the viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2636 thread prompted me to try to make a Symbol font.
I started by trying to make a Symbol font with glyphs to be selected using digits and a glyph to be selected using a letter t.
However, thus far there are glyphs which are selectable using the following, those are the keys to use, some glyphs are letters, though most are not.
Digits produce glyphs with the same number of contours, except that zero has ten contours
Letters a to z produce pop glyphs with the following postscript names
a grey
b blue
c circle
d land (was down, but name changed due to duplication)
e extra_E
f extra_F
g green
h key_linking
i light_grey
j dark_grey
k black
l ultramarine_from_lapis_lazuli
m magenta
n brown
o orange
p pink
q key_solo
r red
s square
t triangle
u fly (was up, but name changed due to duplication)
v dive
w white
x surface
y yellow
z cyan
< > { } are pop glyphs for boxed arrows left right up down
Letters A to Z produce letters A to Z
E acute Alt 144 produces E_acute
e acute Alt 130 produces extra_E_acute
- is a hyphen
All are on a square body, as is the space character, so designs may, if desired, be produced as if the glyphs were metal single type border units.
Here is the font, version 1.00.
This is the font mentioned in the viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2641 thread.
William Overington
14 March 2009
I started by trying to make a Symbol font with glyphs to be selected using digits and a glyph to be selected using a letter t.
However, thus far there are glyphs which are selectable using the following, those are the keys to use, some glyphs are letters, though most are not.
Digits produce glyphs with the same number of contours, except that zero has ten contours
Letters a to z produce pop glyphs with the following postscript names
a grey
b blue
c circle
d land (was down, but name changed due to duplication)
e extra_E
f extra_F
g green
h key_linking
i light_grey
j dark_grey
k black
l ultramarine_from_lapis_lazuli
m magenta
n brown
o orange
p pink
q key_solo
r red
s square
t triangle
u fly (was up, but name changed due to duplication)
v dive
w white
x surface
y yellow
z cyan
< > { } are pop glyphs for boxed arrows left right up down
Letters A to Z produce letters A to Z
E acute Alt 144 produces E_acute
e acute Alt 130 produces extra_E_acute
- is a hyphen
All are on a square body, as is the space character, so designs may, if desired, be produced as if the glyphs were metal single type border units.
Here is the font, version 1.00.
This is the font mentioned in the viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2641 thread.
William Overington
14 March 2009