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Electric Keet 4985a4b5d0 Various work on the icon font. 
Cleaned up leftover guides, added actually useful ones in the guide character (E0F0), tweaked VRC6 saw.
2023-08-16 21:50:31 -05:00

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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 the two baselines from E0F0 to the new codepoint.
  • Open the new codepoint.
  • Select the upper baseline.
  • Use Element | Insert Text Outlines... to place text:
    • Turn off "Scale so text width matches path length".
    • Align "centered".
    • Type first line of text into the box.
    • Click the "Insert" button (might need window resize to be visible).
  • Delete the baseline.
  • If there's a line 2, repeat for the lower baseline, including deletion.
  • Select all.
  • Use Element | Transformations | Transform... to Scale Uniformly (from glyph origin) and Move as needed:
    • One letter: 12000%, X 896, Y 15.5.
    • Two letters: 10000%, X 896, Y 99.2.
    • Three letters: 8000%, X 896, Y 183.
    • Two lines: 8000%, X 896, Y 618.5.
  • 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.

Notes:

  • Codepoints E0F0 to E0F4 are for reference only.
  • The back layer of each of E0F1 to E0F4 has lines that show the expected tops and bottoms of text. Round letters and numerals will reach slightly above or below.
  • The WSG icon (E11F) has been slightly kerned to fit.