Ancient G Modern

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Ancient G Modern is my extension of SGA/SG1 ANCIENT canon glyphset to create a fuller font which distinguishes case, has punctuation and extended chars. The purpose: so that fans can use ANCIENT lettersets more practically, by applying this font to existing docs, typing in it, or even using it as Windows display font for menus etc.

Questions or comments can be directed to me at genaris at gmail dot com.

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Dichiarazione di Copyright
by Gen Aris -Inspired by fan fonts Anquietas, Alteran, & my personal prefs . . .
Font famiglia
Ancient G Modern
Font sottofamiglia
Regular
Sottofamiglia unico di identificazione
Ancient G Modern:Version 1.00
Nome completo del font
Ancient G Modern
Nome tabella versione
Version 1.00 September 26, 2008, initial release
Postscript nome del font
AncientGModern
Marchi di fabbrica
FANS are welcome to USE or MODIFY at will but please RENAME any modified versions you may create as to avoid confusion. :)
Fabbricante
Gen Aris
Progettista
Gen Aris
Descrizione
A variant of the ANCIENT glyphsets used by the Ancients in Stargate: Atlantis.

The purpose with this revision is to CREATE PUNCTUATION and ADDITIONAL CHARS/SYMBS to facilitate better clarity when applying this font to English documents which contain punctuation and other characters.

Per show canon, the Ancients did not appear to use punctuation marks, nor did they distinguish between Upper/Lower case. Again, to facilitate use of this font in regular documents or even as the Windows font (for menus etc) I have created CAPITALIZED VARIANTS which are identical to the lower case except I added a SQUARE DOT FLOATING ABOVE TOP LEFT of CAPPED KEYS. Passwords and user names sometimes use L/case and U/case letters, so it is necessary to distinguish the 2 cses in daily life here on Earth!

My logic for the design of new characters is as follows:

Letters are made up of white/black blocked spaces dividing on a 3 wide by 4 high grid. A few letters make use of subdivsions within the grid.

In canon, all numerals share a centered descender "tail" unlike the letters.

I took this further, by giving all punctuation mark glyphs a centered ascender on top, like an upside down version of the numeral tail -- an "antenna" if you will. This should make it easier to become facile at visually distinguishing punctuation marks from letters or numbers.

Some punctuation marks or symbols are used in numeric/math contexts partly or wholly. So, math or number oriented and shared alphanumeric/math punctuations are given the "tail" of numerals and the "antenna" of punctuation/symbols to so indicate the context.

The numbers, in canon, have a slightly more subdivided or even an altered grid used in their design than do the letters. Here, as well, both numbers and punctuation/symbols share this more prominent use of subdivision or underlying grid different from the letter glyphs.

Overall, I tried to adhere to the digital, techno-sensibility of the glyphs as seen in SG-1 and SGA while striking a balance with variations of weight and tone so as to be reasonably attractive, while remaining aware of the need to make this practical and functional. How well I fared toward my goals, I leave to you to decide. :)

Gen Aris
genaris@gmail.com
Licenza
Use and/or modify as desired with no restrictions other than I'd appreciate that revision versions NOT USE the same name to avoid confusion.
Famiglia preferita
Ancient G Modern
Sottofamiglia preferita
Regular
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Ancient G Modern

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Piattaforme supportate

PiattaformaCodifica
MicrosoftUnicode BMP solo
MacintoshRomano
UnicodeUnicode 2.0 e poi semantica, unicode BMP solo

Dettagli carattere

Creato2008-09-27
Revisione1
Contatore glifi116
Unità per em1000
Incorporare i dirittiIncorporamento per l'installazione permanente
Classe famigliaNessuna classificazione
PesoMedio leggero
AltezzaNormale
Mac styleGrassetto
DirezioneSolo fortemente sinistra a destra glifi + contiene neutrali
Disegno naturaRegolari
InclinazioneVario