Re: Chess symbol glyphs in code charts
Garth, The glyphs for the chess symbols in the 26XX block date from Unicode 3.0. Most of the symbols redesigned for the Unicode 3.0 charts were done by John M. Fiscella. (See the font acknowledgements on p. iv of Unicode 3.0.) I do not know which predecessor designs Fiscella might ultimately have based his designs on. The *actual* font used in the chart production is some in house chart font, possibly tweaked over the years for various specific glyphs, although it doesn't appear to me on first inspection that any of the chess symbol glyphs per se have had any workover since the Unicode 3.0 publication. The chart fonts are in house, used with special licenses specific to Unicode chart production, and with all sorts of chart-specific quirks. So even if I did attempt to track down specifically which font was involved for the current Unicode 26XX block for the 2654..265F range of glyphs, knowing that wouldn't actually help much for your question, I think. --Ken On 8/14/2015 11:31 AM, Garth Wallace wrote: Can anyone tell me what font is used for the chess symbols in the code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block? It looks a lot like Chess Merida but I can't be certain.
Re: Chess symbol glyphs in code charts
Would it be acceptable if I extracted the font from the code chart PDF and used it as the basis for one in a proposal I'm working on? The proposal covers rotated and half-black half-white chess symbols, which should match the shapes of the existing ones, and compound symbols, which should harmonize. On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Ken Whistler kenwhist...@att.net wrote: Garth, The glyphs for the chess symbols in the 26XX block date from Unicode 3.0. Most of the symbols redesigned for the Unicode 3.0 charts were done by John M. Fiscella. (See the font acknowledgements on p. iv of Unicode 3.0.) I do not know which predecessor designs Fiscella might ultimately have based his designs on. The *actual* font used in the chart production is some in house chart font, possibly tweaked over the years for various specific glyphs, although it doesn't appear to me on first inspection that any of the chess symbol glyphs per se have had any workover since the Unicode 3.0 publication. The chart fonts are in house, used with special licenses specific to Unicode chart production, and with all sorts of chart-specific quirks. So even if I did attempt to track down specifically which font was involved for the current Unicode 26XX block for the 2654..265F range of glyphs, knowing that wouldn't actually help much for your question, I think. --Ken On 8/14/2015 11:31 AM, Garth Wallace wrote: Can anyone tell me what font is used for the chess symbols in the code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block? It looks a lot like Chess Merida but I can't be certain.
Re: Chess symbol glyphs in code charts
On 8/14/2015 11:50 AM, Ken Whistler wrote: Garth, The glyphs for the chess symbols in the 26XX block date from Unicode 3.0. Most of the symbols redesigned for the Unicode 3.0 charts were done by John M. Fiscella. (See the font acknowledgements on p. iv of Unicode 3.0.) I do not know which predecessor designs Fiscella might ultimately have based his designs on. It's not Chess Merida, because if you look closely you'll see some of the pieces are narrower in the chart fonts. But otherwise the designs are very similar. A./ The *actual* font used in the chart production is some in house chart font, possibly tweaked over the years for various specific glyphs, although it doesn't appear to me on first inspection that any of the chess symbol glyphs per se have had any workover since the Unicode 3.0 publication. The chart fonts are in house, used with special licenses specific to Unicode chart production, and with all sorts of chart-specific quirks. So even if I did attempt to track down specifically which font was involved for the current Unicode 26XX block for the 2654..265F range of glyphs, knowing that wouldn't actually help much for your question, I think. --Ken On 8/14/2015 11:31 AM, Garth Wallace wrote: Can anyone tell me what font is used for the chess symbols in the code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block? It looks a lot like Chess Merida but I can't be certain.
Chess symbol glyphs in code charts
Can anyone tell me what font is used for the chess symbols in the code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block? It looks a lot like Chess Merida but I can't be certain.
Re: Chess symbol glyphs in code charts
On 14 Aug 2015, at 20:31, Garth Wallace gwa...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone tell me what font is used for the chess symbols in the code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block? It looks a lot like Chess Merida but I can't be certain. They are quite close to Apple Symbols, but not exactly the same.
Re: Chess symbol glyphs in code charts
On 8/14/2015 1:26 PM, Garth Wallace wrote: Would it be acceptable if I extracted the font from the code chart PDF Extraction of chart font is never acceptable and violates the Terms of Use. No exceptions. and used it as the basis for one in a proposal I'm working on? For a proposal you can use any font that you have rights to. The proposal covers rotated and half-black half-white chess symbols, which should match the shapes of the existing ones, and compound symbols, which should harmonize. Just state what the intent is, and I'm sure the details of what the actual glyphs will be that go into future charts can be worked out. A./ On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Ken Whistler kenwhist...@att.net wrote: Garth, The glyphs for the chess symbols in the 26XX block date from Unicode 3.0. Most of the symbols redesigned for the Unicode 3.0 charts were done by John M. Fiscella. (See the font acknowledgements on p. iv of Unicode 3.0.) I do not know which predecessor designs Fiscella might ultimately have based his designs on. The *actual* font used in the chart production is some in house chart font, possibly tweaked over the years for various specific glyphs, although it doesn't appear to me on first inspection that any of the chess symbol glyphs per se have had any workover since the Unicode 3.0 publication. The chart fonts are in house, used with special licenses specific to Unicode chart production, and with all sorts of chart-specific quirks. So even if I did attempt to track down specifically which font was involved for the current Unicode 26XX block for the 2654..265F range of glyphs, knowing that wouldn't actually help much for your question, I think. --Ken On 8/14/2015 11:31 AM, Garth Wallace wrote: Can anyone tell me what font is used for the chess symbols in the code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block? It looks a lot like Chess Merida but I can't be certain.
