Question
Text of mideavel gravestones in OpenType?
We're planning a book about ancient gravestones in the Sint-Jans Cathedral in Den Bosch Holland. The author confronted me with the following:
During the ages, all kinds of abbreviations were used in the engravings. Some of them can be found in the Open Type character-map, some others are less common I'm afraid. A few examples:
- a "v", "V" and "y" with a dash above it
- superscript "O" with a dash underneath it
- a "b", "h" with a dash right through the middle
- a "C" upside down
etc.
What are the options: Is it probably very costly to have these special glyphs added to a font and it would inflict with copyright too I'm afraid. Or is there a simpler solution in connection to InDesign on a Windows-platform?
During the ages, all kinds of abbreviations were used in the engravings. Some of them can be found in the Open Type character-map, some others are less common I'm afraid. A few examples:
- a "v", "V" and "y" with a dash above it
- superscript "O" with a dash underneath it
- a "b", "h" with a dash right through the middle
- a "C" upside down
etc.
What are the options: Is it probably very costly to have these special glyphs added to a font and it would inflict with copyright too I'm afraid. Or is there a simpler solution in connection to InDesign on a Windows-platform?
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