[Nuclear1]

/me sees a new AFD joke for next year

[StratComm]

That'd be pretty miserable, actually.  You might as well close the forums for a week.  Oh, wait...

[Taristin]

/me intends to learn the vasudan characters and learn to recognize them


/me also wishes IRC commands worked on this forum...

[StratComm]

/me has already tried the same thing about 5 times today

[Galemp]

Originally posted by Goober5000
Neato.  And these are taken directly from the image?

For the most part. There are a few characters shared from the Script font.

Now we just have to figure out what to do about those numerals. [/B]

Meh.

Believe it or not the script font isn't actually that hard to learn. I intentionally tried to make the individual characters look like their Terran counterparts.

I'm thinking of making the Vasudan text variable width instead, for better nameplating. Thoughts?

[StratComm]

Yes.  Though I'm still not clear on how Vasudans would nameplate their ships, I'm excited about the prospect of being able to try it.  Variable width would be most excellent

[Goober5000]

Originally posted by Galemp
Meh.

Actually, I spent some time once doodling up some Vasudan numerals, with justifications on why they looked the way they did.  I can scan them if you'd like.

I intentionally tried to make the individual characters look like their Terran counterparts.

Yeah, I noticed.  That might be considered cheating.

[StratComm]

Based on the text Galemp's already made, I think the best way to go about Vasudan numerals would be the dot/line system, where you've got each digit represented by a sequence or pattern of simple symbols.  It'd be really cool to let Vasudans use a different base (How many fingers do Vasudans have?  Because their number system would probably be based on that) and to design the numbers accordingly.  However, random symbols for the numbers is probably not the best idea if you want to use them for that.

[Taristin]

/me still thinks that there shouldn't be nameplates on vasudan vessels, though. He thinks that that's a distinctively Terran idea. Symbols would work fine, or individual letters representing words, like asian characters, but not nameplates in a terran sense.

[Taristin]

What, pretell, happened to the Vasudan script font? It's not working for me any longer. Just a blank true tyupe file font.

A shame, really.
And also, these letters look too much like the western standard letters

[Falcon]

Me likes

[StratComm]

Originally posted by Raa
And also, these letters look too much like the western standard letters

And yet, I still can't read a word of it.

EDIT: And for future uses, these look really handy.
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EDIT from the future: fix the font screwing up the rest of the page's posts -- Goober5000

[CP5670]

Imagine seeing @#$% in big bold letters on a destroyer nameplate.

[StratComm]

I know, you have to install the font first

But in all seriousness, how are we supposed to tell the difference between the '3' in the script and the 'm'?  They are different characters, but not even as different as 'm' and 'M' in Ariel.

[Fenrir]

Soooo... how does one go about using a font like that on this board anyway?

[StratComm]

Install it.  Under XP it's as easy as dropping it in WINDOWS\Fonts.

[Fenrir]

I've done that already... but I'm clueless as to how to type it on the forums.

[Goober5000]

Quote one of the posts.

[Shiku]

Thank you!

Finally a Vasudan font!

Thank you so Much Galemp! When the Headz hunt begins, you shall be spared above the rest!

*runs off to install font... takes some headz with him  

 

[Taristin]

Originally posted by StratComm
I know, you have to install the font first

Vasudan script file seems to be either corrupt, or my windows is acting up.