Creating Graphs in Publsher Using Chartwell Font

[Dai555]

Here is a rough and ready tutorial on how to use chartwell font in Publisher to create graphs.

see the attached file.

 

Chartwell Graphs.afpub

[TrentL]

Wow, that was a surprise 😀 I didn't know fonts could do that.

[Dai555]

Niether did I till I got a reply from Affinity when I asked them to add this as a feature in Publisher.

[TrentL]

Is there any info on how they actually do this? It seems to be something with ligatures. But is there any programmatic logic available to font developers in the OpenType spec? 

[bures]

41 minutes ago, TrentL said:

Is there any info on how they actually do this? It seems to be something with ligatures. But is there any programmatic logic available to font developers in the OpenType spec? 

https://www.vectrotype.com/chartwell

[TrentL]

2 hours ago, bures said:

https://www.vectrotype.com/chartwell

I found a blog post that describes it in more detail. I've only had a chance to skim it so far, but seems like it is literally brute-forcing every possible pie slice size and rotation using glyphs. 

https://tktype.tumblr.com/post/4343344341/a-not-so-brief-explanation-of-chartwell
 

Glyphs for the value 25:

 

[Seneca]

1 hour ago, TrentL said:

but seems like it is literally brute-forcing every possible pie slice size and rotation using glyphs

There is logic to this madness courtesy of Monotype GmbH:

FF Chartwell 2.0 User Manual.pdf

[v_kyr]

Webarchive - Travis Kochel - TK TYPE - CHARTWELL (Released: 2011)

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110310041357/http://www.tktype.com/chartwell.php
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110310041357/http://www.tktype.com/downloads/Chartwell-TKTYPE.pdf (PDF Specimen)

• https://creativepro.com/creating-instant-charts-with-chartwell/

[Dai555]

The free down load I got seems limited to Pie and bar charts.

Here is a hollow pie chart. Make sure the A at the end of your numbers is coloured white.

Don't forget to create assets out your charts for mock ups and templates.

Hollow Pie.afpub

[Dai555]

Greaf movie thanks for that.