Logos and Symbols
Symbol Fonts
TrueType Symbols
Most organizations have a requirement to use symbols of some sort within their documents, whether it is a Visa symbol,
a standard mark such as a Quality Award or a custom symbol specific to an organization. Using these symbols on documents
and in presentations has often been a problem as the only method available in the past has been to scan the symbol and
use it as a bitmap. Bitmap images are usually of poor quality and generally have large file sizes that in turn can
significantly increase document sizes.
By replacing your bitmap images with TrueType fonts, the solution to all the above problems is now at hand. TrueType
fonts utilize the power of TrueType that is already built in to all versions of Microsoft Windows and the Apple
Macintosh operating systems. Symbols become easy to use, have little effect on file sizes and produce extremely
high quality output.
We have a large library available of standard symbols created as TrueType fonts and can offer a custom service for
any symbols that are not available in the library.
The advantages of using TrueType Symbols
Ease of use
Your required symbols will be supplied as TrueType fonts and from that time onwards, it is used in
exactly the same way as a standard typeface. It is installed as a TrueType font and is then accessible to
all applications that use TrueType fonts via the Font menu.
Simply select your symbol from the font list and type the character or characters associated with the symbol.
The symbol will be displayed on screen and you can change the size to suit your requirement.
Smaller document sizes
Adding a TrueType symbol to your document will increase the file size by just a small number of bytes. Compare
this with the addition of a bitmap image that can easily increase the file size by many thousands of bytes and
often in excess of 100KB.
High quality
TrueType fonts are not bitmap images, they are actually drawn from a mathematically calculated outline which can
be scaled to any size with no loss of quality. Therefore your symbol can be scaled to any size supported by your
application and will produce the highest quality image on your selected output device.
Work faster
As using TrueType symbols generate smaller document sizes, files will obviously load and save quicker.
Additionally as TrueType fonts are handled more efficiently by the operating system your documents will
also display and print much faster.
Where to go from here
The majority of the symbols in our library are available at a cost of $195. The cost of producing a
custom symbol as a TrueType font is based on the complexity of the symbol. For a free quotation, please send us a
copy of your required symbol.
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