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13 total messages Started by Christine_Garrett Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:06
Font with Handicapped, phone, RR symbols
#816
Author: Christine_Garrett
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
#817
Author: Bob Levine
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
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Author: Neil_Keller
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
#820
Author: Ram�n_G_Casta�eda
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
#821
Author: Neil_Keller
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
#822
Author: Herb
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
#824
Author: Herb
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
#823
Author: Don_McCahill
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
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Author: Herb
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
#826
Author: Neil_Keller
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
#827
Author: Herb
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
#828
Author: Vern_Klukas
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
#838
Author: Christine_Garrett
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:19
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Thank you all for your help!
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