Oracle Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) While trying to complete a text explaining the different types of Gloranthan magic for my players, I realized, that the Glorantha Core Rune font contains all necessary runes except for the techniques used in the context of Sorcery. Does there exist a font, which contains these Sorcery Techniques runes? (So far I've found only the runes for Command and Summon in an old Hero Wars font ...) Any hint or pointer would be greatly appreciated. Edited December 30, 2020 by Oracle link added Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Phil Hibbs created SVG versions which are bundled with the Glorantha Core Runes font. Check it out: they’re not part of the font, they’re separate graphic files. Edited December 31, 2020 by Nick Brooke 1 1 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewTBP Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I didn't include them in the Glorantha Runes Roll20 Token Markers I created because I didn't need them for 13th Age Glorantha. I can make another version with them included if they're wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 4 hours ago, AndrewTBP said: I didn't include them in the Glorantha Runes Roll20 Token Markers I created because I didn't need them for 13th Age Glorantha. I can make another version with them included if they're wanted. Thanks, but I'm able to do that myself. My main interest is using them in a text without being forced to add an image. Thus my question about a font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 11 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: Phil Hibbs created SVG versions which are bundled with the Glorantha Core Runes font. Check it out: they’re nit part of the font, they’re separate graphic files. Thanks for reminding me. But as far as I can say, Phil did cover the runes from the Glorantha Core Runes font only, which does not contain the Sorcery Techniques runes I'm looking for ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 No, Phil contributed SVG versions of the Sorcery Runes from the RQG Core rulebook, and they've been added to the Glorantha Core Runes font download. I meant what I said. Look in the ZIP archive that contains the font. 2 Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Brooke Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Read the text: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com/home/gloranthan-documents/glorantha-2/glorantha-core-rune-font/ Quote Community Ambassador - Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium, Inc. Email: nick.brooke@chaosium.com for community content queries Jonstown Compendium ⧖ Facebook Ф Twitter † old website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 14 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: Phil Hibbs created SVG versions which are bundled with the Glorantha Core Runes font. Check it out: they’re not part of the font, they’re separate graphic files. I used these for Sorcery spells in Secrets of Dorastor and the Book of Doom. I think I had to fiddle with them a bit to make them transparent and resizing them is a pain, but they work OK. They would be much better and easier to use as characters in a Font, though. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason D Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 The Sorcery glyphs were done as drawings by Jeff Richard, which I turned into vector images in Illustrator. I imagine that Simeon turned them into small .tiffs or .jpgs for use in the core book. There is no font version of them so far as I know. I've placed the original file here as a .pdf, but this forum doesn't allow me to share files with an .ai extension. Sorcery Symbols.pdf 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oracle Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Nick Brooke said: No, Phil contributed SVG versions of the Sorcery Runes from the RQG Core rulebook, and they've been added to the Glorantha Core Runes font download. I meant what I said. Look in the ZIP archive that contains the font. Yes, you're right. I've missed to check the ZIP archive provided on the page on the Well of Daliath page for the Glorantha Core Runes font, which contains a folder with the SVG files for the Sorcery Runes. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenomen Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) Since no one seems to have made one, here I compiled a TTF font with Sorcery Techniques. I can't attach the file here so download it from Google Drive. I bound glyphs to Shift+1-6 and fixed baseline/scaling issues. Please note, that due to copyright I cannot "merge" them with Glorantha Runes font, but I made it a subset of that font, so you can select it in your layout editor just like you select bold variation. Edited May 26, 2022 by Phenomen 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I have downloaded it, but cannot access the symbols in Word. Do you have any idea how to access these in Word? Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 25 minutes ago, soltakss said: Do you have any idea how to access these in Word? When they are installed, they are a subset of the Glorantha Core rune font, just type the shortcuts when the font is selected as usual. then gives Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Interesting, I can get all but Combine, which comes out as an @. Here is me going along the top line of the keyboard and then using the punctuation keys. When I use Insert/Symbol/More Symbols and choose the Subset, I get Basic Latin and General Punctuation, but not the Glyphs. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 @David ScottWould you be able to upload a sample Word Document with the glyphs, please? That way, I can copy and paste the Combine technique into my Word Document, thanks. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Scott Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Most PC keyboards in the UK (as I know you are in the UK) actually have US layout where specifically the @ and " are interchanged. The glyphs are mapped to Shift 1-6. Try shift 2 (" on a US keyboard) and see if that works. As I've a UK keyboard, # is mapped to option-3 as shift-3 is £ Here's a docx file to help: Sorcery glyphs.docx Quote ----- Search the Glorantha Resource Site: https://wellofdaliath.chaosium.com. Search the Glorantha mailing list archives: https://glorantha.steff.in/digests/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Thanks for the file. Unfortunately, the @ still shows as an @ on my laptop. It must be something to do with how I have installed the fonts, even though I have uninstalled and reinstalled them. Ah well, never mind, I'll just have to use an image for the Combine Rune. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 2 hours ago, soltakss said: Unfortunately, the @ still shows as an @ on my laptop. Its working fine on my PC. I replaced a couple. Take look if you see it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 That's odd, I still see the @ symbol. Ah well, you will have to export the PDF and send it to me when we are done. 1 Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyph Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 I've had a couple of goes at this also, but I only get the @ symbol - curiously, using David's Word document when I toggle bold off the @ symbol remains but the others vanish, which makes me wonder about the font file itself - I use a W11 PC rather than a mac, if that makes a difference.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soltakss Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 17 hours ago, Glyph said: I use a W11 PC rather than a mac, if that makes a difference I am also on Windows 11, maybe that's the issue. Quote Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. www.soltakss.com/index.html Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlearner Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 2 hours ago, soltakss said: I am also on Windows 11, maybe that's the issue. I am on Windows 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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