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Re: Font that creates charts

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Post by gfodor »

uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

R -> C -> P -- this isn't for publishing but as a way to avoid drawing graphs in InDesign/Photoshop/Illustrator.

Re: Font that creates charts

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Post by ChiperSoft »

polshaw wrote: post #36
uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

>Why do people still insist on doing this? HTTP requests. 'silly font+glyph combo' is the vector version of sprites. And it's also nice to be able to change the colour of your monochrome vector graphics.

Except that this font doesn't appear to work on the web, it's only for use in software that supports higher typography features, such as Adobe applications.

Re: Font that creates charts

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Post by woah »

ChiperSoft wrote: post #44
polshaw wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Why do people still insist on doing this? HTTP requests. 'silly font+glyph combo' is the vector version of sprites. And it's also nice to be able to change the colour of your monochrome vector graphics.

Except that this font doesn't appear to work on the web, it's only for use in software that supports higher typography features, such as Adobe applications.

Yes, the main use of this will probably be to create graphs in adobe applications.

Re: Font that creates charts

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Post by woah »

polshaw wrote: post #36
uncoder0 wrote: post #2

Why do people still insist on doing this? I prefer to remap all fonts to two (a serif and a sans) that are much easier for me to read. When people use these silly font+glyph combos I never use their software. The one rare exception is GitHub. I still wish people would just use SVG. Edit: Why was this down-voted? Is this not a legitimate concern? It is worth mentioning that I remap my fonts to help my dyslexic brain k…

>Why do people still insist on doing this? HTTP requests. 'silly font+glyph combo' is the vector version of sprites. And it's also nice to be able to change the colour of your monochrome vector graphics.

Also, being able to add css shadows. You can make shadows in SVG, but they will be different than the css shadows on the rest off the page, and generally a PITA

Re: Font that creates charts

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Post by seclorum »

jsiarto wrote: post #18

I love this set--we've been using them at Loudpixel for quite some time (even before they were bought by FontFont). I use them primarily in Illustrator for our custom research reports and publications: http://loudpixel.com/sugarfree/

I'm also a fan .. so much so, that I'm mid-way integrating harfbuzz into MOAI so that I can use Chartwell in games with ease and pleasure ..

Re: Font that creates charts

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Post by seclorum »

davidcollantes wrote: post #43

Something I do not understand. Is Photoshop/Illustrator needed for this?

The chart items are implemented in the font as ligatures, which are (in a nutshell) elements that can be overlaid over other fonts in order to give them special inflection/meaning .. instead of a carat or so on, the ligature elements of the font file are filled with perfectly scaled graph figures, per datum, so that you can address the values for the graph in ligature terms .. +20+10+30+20, etc.

When you do that, and select Chartwell as the font, you get a working font - in Illustrator, or any font-display program that supports setting the Text style for .ttf fonts ..

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