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Click on this graphic to download the font. Once the
font is downloaded, drop it in your Windows/Fonts directory. The font file
size is 131k, somewhat bigger than normal fonts, which typically run 50k -
70k, and which don't contain complex images. A letter character might average
10-15 reference points. Some of the images in Browning have hundreds.
The image of the Ordnance Dept. logo has over 1,300 reference points, and
when rendered in a large type size, is fairly detailed. |
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I
made my first font when my arthritis started getting serious. I wanted to be
able to type in my own handwriting when my hands became too crippled to write
with a pen. I called that one Calvin. |
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The Browning font is a True Type font, and will work
in any word processor or graphics program. I took photos of some of my things
(T&E, Pintle, M2 tripod, spadegrips, linker, hand grenade, 1919 with spade
grips), made a few drawings (bullet holes, smoking bullet, ordnance bomb) and
scanned some photos from books. All were converted to absolute value images
and then vector mapped. Because the images used in fonts are vector mapped,
instead of pixel mapped, they don't pixelate when they get bigger. No matter
what the size, the image has the same smooth and crisp lines. That's why letters
look so sharp when printed on an ink jet or laser printer. Except for the hand
grenade, which was dug on Guam, all the images are Browning related. Yes, even
the P-51 Mustang, which sported eight .50 cal. Brownings. |
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This is a 60 point rendering of the "+" key, which produces the
1919 shown. |
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A 50 point rendering of the gunner - ">" key. |
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The
Browning font contains the entire alphabet in basic military stencil
pattern, all upper case, the letters 0-9, plus the comma, hyphen, and the
period. The rest of the keys are symbols. A legend is shown below. Remember
to make the images big - 50 point or bigger. As you might imagine, the gunner
shown above is tiny at 12 point, the standard document size. With the Browning
font, If you hold down the "^" (shift/6) you can make linked ammo
to your heart's content. |
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