I intend to develop a graphic representation of an organic Pionier Battalion in 1942, based on tactical symbols. Is there a software that one can use to develop these symbols and/or is there a digital catalog of such symbols?
Any input would be greatly appreciated.
Christian
German tactical symbols - How to create? Where to find?
Not the right answer, but ...
There is also a review of German tactical symbols at Dr. Neihorster's website
http://www.freeport-tech.com/WWII/
I assume that Dr. N draws his using a standard graphics package.
If you're willing to use US/NATO box symbols, you can simply download some True Type fonts from:
http://support.erdas.com/downloads/symbols/symbols.html
These take up INCREDIBLY less file size than a bunch of tiny little drawings in Visio or CorelDRAW.
http://www.freeport-tech.com/WWII/
I assume that Dr. N draws his using a standard graphics package.
If you're willing to use US/NATO box symbols, you can simply download some True Type fonts from:
http://support.erdas.com/downloads/symbols/symbols.html
These take up INCREDIBLY less file size than a bunch of tiny little drawings in Visio or CorelDRAW.
Vinnie O
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True Type Fonts
The true type fonts are cool, but they have limitations. I do some work on the side making maps, and I downloaded a set of those to use. It may just have been the way I wanted to use them, but they weren't as effective as I had hoped. What the boss and I ended up doing were developing everything on Adobe Illustrator. Now, to indicate a unit, I bring in a unit symbol, attach a size indicator, and type the indentifiers. Also, we shade German units, which you can't do with the truetype fonts. Just my two cents worth. Hope it helps.
Tom
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