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Started by Christine_Garrett
Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:06
Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Christine_Garrett
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:06
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:06
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I'm looking for an open type font that has symbols for handicapped, women's and men's bathrooms, vending machines, phone, and bathroom with diaper changing. I have the Font Folio, but didn't see a font with all of them in it. This is for a government agency's lobby directory, so it has to be a font that's not too fancy. If anyone knows of a font, either in the font folio or one that I could purchase, let me know. Thanks so much!
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Bob Levine
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:42
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:42
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I seem to remember a font called Signs MT. I don't recall every glyph in it, however. Bob
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:38
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:38
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Christine, Try searching the symbol fonts at myfonts.com. Neil
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Ram�n_G_Casta�eda
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:34
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:34
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Christine, Since you already have the Font Folio, check the glyph complement in Carta. <http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/F/CARQ/F_CARQ-10006000.html> <http://www.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/CARQ/CartaStd.pdf>
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:14
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:14
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Ram�n, The only symbol in her list that I saw in Carta was "handicapped". That said, I don't know that I've ever noticed a generic symbol for diaper changing or vending machine. Neil
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Herb
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:09
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:09
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Re: That said, I don't know that I've ever noticed a generic symbol for diaper changing This one is pretty standard! http://farm1.static.flickr.com/53/128342869_a49dde3547.jpg?v=0
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Herb
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:32
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:32
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I don't think you'll find all of them in a single font. This one has a diaper change (female - the male symbol is different, and I haven't seen an androgynous symbol, but there should be one) http://www.vershen.com/psgcatal.html#travel Somewhere in the vast pixymbols library the others are probably there as well. You could also google for travel dingbats tourist dingbats etc. restroom dingbats and try the same searches, replacing "dingbats" with "symbols" and try both the web search and the image search. My question is why you would want these things in a font instead of as graphic elements, which would be much more flexible to use. - Herb
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Don_McCahill
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:34
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:34
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Really, I thought that was the icon for Chinese Tumbling Act. :)
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Herb
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:49
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:49
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Herb said .. I haven't seen an androgynous symbol, and corrects himself with ... That same font has the basic baby-changing symbol. It's the same without an adult - just a baby on a table. - Herb
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Neil_Keller
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:41
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:41
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Interesting... I've only seen words, such as "Baby changing station" -- but the graphic presented here is certainly clear and to the point. That leaves "vending machine"! <g> Neil
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Herb
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:19
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:19
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There's one on this page: http://www.bikekatytrail.com/citysites.asp?cid=5&stid=11 But this is the one I see most often: http://www.uk-safety-signs.co.uk/animage/warning-7566.jpg especially when it's the only one within a hundred miles. But seriously, I'd swear I'd seen such a symbol on a roadside "services" sign where the only food service was from a vending machine. Maybe for a highway rest stop or a US national park, maybe in China, ... It MAY have been a standard knife and fork symbol with english text "vending machine only" written underneath. Or I could be imagining the whole thing. - Herb
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Vern_Klukas
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:25
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:25
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Agfa's Communications PI font has most of if not all the symbols you want. A long time ago I bought almost all of Agfa's Pi fonts, and they have saved my bacon at least a dozen times over the last ten years. Yours Vern
Re: Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
Author: Christine_Garrett
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:19
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:19
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Thank you all for your help!
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