Fritz chess font
For these two panes you should always select a font that starts with the word "Figurine" even if you don't intend to display figurines on your screen. You'll get a popup menu from which you should select "Choose font". Right-click in an empty spot in your Notation pane and/or Engine Analysis pane.
ChessBase products use these as a substitute for Informant symbols and piece figurines to see the right characters on your screen, you need to apply the proper ChessBase font. So what are those superscript symbols? They're actually High ASCII characters, stuff that doesn't appear on your keyboard but which can be used by typing various ALT-number combinations. I just wanted an excuse to visit the refrigerator. OK, you're right - that's really pretty easy. How can you distinguish these fonts from the other 2,486 fonts you probably have on your computer? Stick with me on this one because this'll be hard: notation fonts start with the word "Figurine" in the name of the font, while diagram fonts start with the word "Diagram" in the font name.ĭang, that was tough. They're used for notation and board displays on your screen and for notation and diagrams in printouts. ChessBase and Fritz use TrueType fonts for on-screen displays and printing. It's an easy one to fix, but before we detail it let's talk about chess fonts. If I had a dollar for each time this one comes up, I'd be lying on a sandy beach tossing down frosty ones with a hot babe (who has a Southern accent) by my side. We'll start with the question that gets asked the most often: "My engine analysis pane is showing weird superscript symbols! What do they mean? How do I fix them?" etc.
#FRITZ CHESS FONT HOW TO#
In this week's column we'll show you how to change your on-screen displays, which will also illustrate what you should do when things sometimes go wrong.
While the programs do provide defaults, sometimes these get bollixed up, maybe through problems with. Special chess fonts are used for all sorts of purposes in our software: on-screen notation, chess pieces displayed on the on-screen board, and game/diagram printouts. This week's column will address a not uncommon question about the use of Fritz and ChessBase software: the use of fonts.
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