CONTENTS
Using
CombiNumerals
Single-digit
numbers
Double-digit
numbers
Multiple
weights
Additional
characters
Installing the
font
About the
author
Version
history
Permission
CombiNumerals is a typeface for creating circled numbers, popular for use in Web graphics, documentation and instructional material, maps, signs and guide books, for example. With CombiNumerals, you can create any number between 0 and 99. Here's how:
The numbers 0 through 9 are created by pressing the A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and J keys respectively (you can type either lower- or uppercase).
The numbers 00 through 99 are created by first pressing one of the number keys (0-9), followed by Shift-number. For example, to create the number 67, press the 6 key followed by Shift-7. You can also create two-digit circled numbers with a leading zero, 07 (0, Sh-7), for example.
NOTE: Don't attempt to kern or adjust the letter spacing of double-digit numbers. Doing so will create gaps between the digits, or cause them to align improperly.
CombiNumerals is available in two weights -- Open and Solid. The Open weight displays numbers inside hollow circles. The Solid weight displays white numbers inside filled circles. The Solid weight is the Bold version of the Open weight.
Several other characters besides numerals are available in this font. For instance, arrows, hands, pointers, and the Mac OS and Windows logos (including circled M and W characters) can be created. These characters are commonly used by people writing software documentation, but are also used for things like maps, signs, posters, guide books, brochures, etc.
CombiNumerals was designed and created by Sean Cavanaugh, the author of Digital Type Design Guide, The Page Designer's Guide to Working with Type, published by Hayden Books (ISBN 1-56830-190-1).
CombiNumerals is free, but Digital Type Design Guide will run you about $40 bucks. The book is bundled with a hybrid CD containing 220 typefaces in PostScript Type 1 and TrueType formats for the Mac OS and Windows. Digital Type Design Guide is available from Amazon.com <www.amazon.com> or direct from Hayden (800-763-7438), as well as from finer bookstores. You can contact the author via e-mail <seanc@compuserve.com>, or visit the book's Web page at <www.mvd.com/seanc> for more free stuff and information.
"In a sea of nearly-useless type books, it [Digital Type Design Guide] is a fine piece of work."
JIM SEYMOUR
(columnist, PC Magazine)
"Anyone even remotely interested in type and design needs this book. The CD alone is worth much more than the cover price."
JOHN C. DVORAK
"At last! A top-notch guide to digital fonts. Having taught a course in digital fonts management for a university extension graphic design program, I've often been asked to recommend a book on the use and understanding of digital fonts. Frustratingly enough, there hasn't been one -- till now. The first third of Cavanaugh's book provides a thorough, accurate, understandable explanation of the technical and stylistic issues; the balance of the book deals with type in design. The cross-platform character charts on pages 68 and 69 are, by themselves, worth the price of the book. The book is well-written, easy to understand, and includes a ton of Macintosh and Windows fonts on an enclosed CD-ROM."
billjust@ix.netcom.com
(reader review, posted on Amazon.com)
THERE ARE 500 TYPEFACES on the CD, licensed from SoftMaker/ATF, each available in both PostScript Type 1 and TrueType formats for Macs and PCs. Several of the typefaces include matching expert sets (ligatures and fractions), small caps, oldstyle (non-lining) numerals, and swash caps.
The collection was meticulously selected to provide you with a complete typeface library spanning all the historical periods and functional categories of type design. Good looking typefaces for just about any kind of document -- from professional resumes to funky Web graphics, newsletters, advertisements, posters, signs, correspondence, etc., etc.
The CD is available direct from MicroVision Development for $29.95 + tax and shipping charges. Call 1-800-998-4555, or set your browser to www.mvd.com to order or receive more information.
First decide whether you want to install the PostScript Type 1 or TrueType version of CombiNumerals (you can install both, but I don't recommend doing so).
Macintosh (using Mac OS 7.5 or later)
Select either the "Type 1" folder or the "TrueType" folder located inside the CombiNumerals folder, and drag it to the icon of your System Folder. When you let go of the mouse, a dialog box asks if you want to put the fonts into the Fonts folder. Click OK and they are installed automatically.
If you are using a font management program such as ATM Deluxe 4.0, MasterJuggler or Suitcase, follow your normal procedure for installing and managing fonts.
Windows 95
Open the "TrueType" folder located inside the CombiNum folder, and drag the files COMBN___.TTF and COMBNS__.TTF to the Fonts folder inside the Win95 folder.
To install the PostScript Type 1 fonts, you must have ATM for Windows installed. Open the ATM Control Panel, click the Add button, and from the Directories list, select the directory (i.e., folder) where the files COMBN___.PFM and COMBNS__.PFM reside. Select both fonts from the Available Fonts list, and click Add.
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3.0 |
Added several additional characters such as pointers, hands, symbols, and logos (Mac OS and Windows). You can now access single-digit numbers by typing either lower- or uppercase keys (used to have type lowercase only). Designed a new icon (Mac Type 1 fonts only). |
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2.0 |
Created a Solid weight to complement the Regular (now Open) weight. Adjusted character positions for better fit. |
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1.0 |
Initial release. |
CombiNumerals is "freeware," and as such, permission is hereby granted to freely distribute CombiNumerals to other electronic bulletin boards, online services, FTP sites and Web sites, but the Read Me files MUST accompany it (in fact, you should use the original archive). You may not sell CombiNumerals or distribute it on diskettes or CDs -- be they shareware or commercial collections -- without Sean Cavanaugh's prior written permission. You can contact him via e-mail by sending a message to seanc@compuserve.com.
(c) 1997 Sean Cavanaugh.
CombiNumerals is a trademark of Title Wave Studios.