Re: Re: HeroQuest Rune Font?

From: Nick Eden <nick_at_...>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:21:05 +0100

I for one like the 'outdated versions of a rune' so long as they don't distract from the 'live' ones. For instance I know for sure that I want 'Chaos' to be on the basic keyvoard - probably shift+C, but I'd like to think that the alternative runes we've had over the years remain available. Stick the Hero Wars era Chaos rune (Darkness with a line through it) into the hebrew section or something. I wouldn't need it often, but I might one day.

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Rick <rmeints_at_...> wrote:

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> Guy Hoyle <guy.hoyle_at_...> wrote:
> > I agree with David's last point: also, the styles don't always match
> > Better to keep them as separate fonts all on one place maybe with Noyes
> > about where they were originally used.
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> Actually, we are beginning to look at consolidating the rune fonts into
> fewer fonts. Chances are we will be creating one or two OpenType fonts (Mac
> and PC compatible). Nothing is set in stone, but I do know this much, as the
> guy would did the layout for various Gloranthan products, having to dip into
> 3-8 fonts for a single book just to get the runes right is a major pain that
> I will eliminate. Most of the rune fonts we have contain fewer than 50
> runes. Several fonts overlap in some cases, or contain outdated versions of
> a rune. I don't mind odd keystrokes since I seldom have to type in more than
> a few runes at a time. With so many fonts hanging around, using the wrong
> font or just having the rune not print is too easy to have happen. Elegantly
> mapping actual keyboard letters to runes sounds nifty, but it doesn't really
> work any more, at least not once you get beyond the core runes from RQ2
> days. The idea of having to do the runes for our forthcoming Guide to
> Glorantha, which will span the whole world, and having to sift and sort
> through 20 fonts makes me shudder....
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