Updated letter icon font instructions.

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Electric Keet 2023-08-14 21:24:06 -07:00
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@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ To generate a new letter icon:
- Open `icons.sfd` in FontForge.
- Open "IBM Plex Sans Medium" to the side. Return to the icons font.
- Copy char EFF0 (the one with just two baselines) to the new codepoint.
- Copy char `E0F0` (the one with just two baselines) to the new codepoint.
- Open the new codepoint.
- Select the upper baseline.
- Use `Element | Insert Text Outlines...` to place text:
@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ To generate a new letter icon:
- If there's a line 2, repeat for the lower baseline, including deletion.
- Select all.
- Use `Element | Transformations | Transform...` to Scale Uniformly and Move as needed:
- One letter: 12000%, X -896, Y 120.5.
- Two letters: 10000%, X -896, Y 204.2.
- Three letters: 8000%, X -896, Y 288.
- Two lines: 8000%, X -896, Y 723.5.
- One letter: 12000%, X -896, Y 60.5.
- Two letters: 10000%, X -896, Y 144.2.
- Three letters: 8000%, X -896, Y 228.
- Two lines: 8000%, X -896, Y 663.5.
- If resulting glyph is too wide, repeat all steps starting with "IBM Plex Sans Condensed Medium" instead.
- Remember to close the other IBM Plex font or select the proper one in the text dialog.
Note: Codepoints EFF0 to EFF4 are for reference and shouldn't be used.
Note: Codepoints `EFF0` to `EFF4` are for reference and shouldn't be used.
Note: WSG icon (F01F) has been slightly kerned to fit.
Note: WSG icon (`E11F`) has been slightly kerned to fit.