tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post1186992775481135047..comments2024-03-28T09:19:27.451+00:00Comments on RevK<sup>®</sup>'s ramblings: On the matter of fonts and copyrightRevKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-36903342394617176382018-11-14T18:24:56.915+00:002018-11-14T18:24:56.915+00:00I assume it would be a derivative work, so you and...I assume it would be a derivative work, so you and the original owner would have rights.<br /><br />Many years ago I traced the "new" UK number plate font from the Statutory Instrument and uploaded it to a newsgroup free for personal use.<br /><br />A few years back I checked up what had been going on with it and found it had basically become the standard number plate web font, and even the DVLA were using it for the gov.uk vehicle enquiry service! It then gets annoying, eg. I spotted it on a random book I saw in Poundland, on a hotel parking machine, on a petrol station CCTV warning sign etc. (The glyphs are unique in various ways that makes it obvious).<br />Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575622887669793171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-6720142440447060872018-10-23T15:04:29.486+01:002018-10-23T15:04:29.486+01:00Ha, and point 2 on the "1" is wrong, loo...Ha, and point 2 on the "1" is wrong, looks like X should be -0.07 not -0.76. Who wrote this?!? "1" now done.RevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-66966699226243293412018-10-23T14:35:38.511+01:002018-10-23T14:35:38.511+01:00Thanks for that - and FontForge allows you to type...Thanks for that - and FontForge allows you to type the co-ordinates of control points and allow you to create arcs between points, so whilst tedious it is possible. So far I have drawn the "0", only 9 more to go, LOL. Though "1" is a challenge as the Russian doc lists points 7 and 8 as ±2.032mm making the whole things 4.574mm wide when max width is 2.54mm. I am assuming that is meant to be ±1.02mmRevKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12369263214193333422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-19373905704960619012018-10-23T12:29:40.320+01:002018-10-23T12:29:40.320+01:00You can also by a legit but outdated version from ...You can also by a legit but outdated version from the Estonian Standards Agency (very good cheap place to buy standards):<br /><br />https://www.evs.ee/shop?SearchTerm=ISO+7811-1&SectionFilterID=0&ICSCode=&DocumentTypeValid=1&DocumentTypeWithdrawn=1&DocumentTypeDraft=1&DocumentTypeCorrigendum=1&DocumentOnlyEst=0&FilterCommittees=0&IsISO=1&IsIEC=1&IsNational=1<br /><br />The outdated version is about 12 EUR, the current one is about 100 EUR. They come as a DRMd PDF which you do need a (free) Acrobat add-in to read, so just bear that in mind if you're going to try and open them on anything other than a mainstream platform.<br />Will Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515078919433985452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3993498847203183398.post-91525267337512020472018-10-23T12:25:43.184+01:002018-10-23T12:25:43.184+01:00There's a Russian version here if you just wan...There's a Russian version here if you just want the character geometry:<br /><br />http://files.stroyinf.ru/Data2/1/4293811/4293811404.pdfWill Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515078919433985452noreply@blogger.com