Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
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Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
Hi, I was reading an article about the development of "Decimal" a font based around old watch faces and I wondered if there are any good fonts for custom dial designs. We all have an idea of how a watch number should look and what shapes take lume well. Most old watches have 4's that look like this:
and 6's and 9's that are open at the loop, etc.You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Re: Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
just adding some context:
https://www.typography.com/blog/introducing-decimal
I will search for a suitable alternative in the meantime.
https://www.typography.com/blog/introducing-decimal
I will search for a suitable alternative in the meantime.
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Re: Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
I have been searching for this kind of font for a while now, but I haven’t found it yet.. anyone knows?
6152/1 LP Dial http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6838
205A SSlytech http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=91128
218A BlackSeal http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7755
205A SSlytech http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?p=91128
218A BlackSeal http://www.homage-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=7755
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Re: Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
That's a great example, a few digits punched into steel that shows what's needed.
I found this online tool, I'm going to try making some myself. https://www.glyphrstudio.com/
"How hard can it be"
Edit: quite hard indeed. I'm trying another tool https://www.calligraphr.com
I found this online tool, I'm going to try making some myself. https://www.glyphrstudio.com/
"How hard can it be"
Edit: quite hard indeed. I'm trying another tool https://www.calligraphr.com
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Re: Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
this one also looks nice.
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Re: Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
Making fonts is quite difficult, best to start by copying an existing font.
There is this FOSS piece of font making software called FontForge:
https://fontforge.org/en-US/
There is this FOSS piece of font making software called FontForge:
https://fontforge.org/en-US/
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Re: Freely available Fonts for Dial Numerals?
The vintage Rolex open 6 & 9 is some of my favorite numbers. Also, flat top 3.