Looking for a special dingbat

ChelseaGirl25 January 2007 · 14:44

I'm looking for a symbol that would indicate "extra weight," like a scale. But it needs to be a font and not a graphic. I have searched the Web extensively and haven't found anything. Does anyone know of such a thing? Someone on another site told me to look at the Signs Two font, but I couldn't see anything that fit that description. It seems crazy that with all these dingbats out there, a scale is hard to find (I did find the scales of justice, but that's not what I need.) Any help would be appreciated.

Stephen Coles25 January 2007 · 15:30

If you find a vector graphic you like you can have it made into font form for a small fee.

Patricia Fabricant25 January 2007 · 15:54

Perhaps something in a horoscope font? Libra?

I also tried Poppi at Emigre.com but they seem to have everything but a scale.

ben_archer25 January 2007 · 16:07

Regina, did you consider using elephants (or rather, images of them) for this task? I always found the predecessor to ABZ – More Alphabets and Other Signs which was called 101 Alphabets and Other Signs very useful. But this is a symbolic, not typographic train of thought; further research for signs & symbols here.

Alternatively you could set +lbs or +kg (depending where you are) in any font and have done with it.

Paul Cutler25 January 2007 · 16:11

I thought this wasn't a dating site… :)

peace

ChelseaGirl25 January 2007 · 18:51

Thanks for your ideas; I will look into all of them.

timd26 January 2007 · 04:56

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/device/iconics/

lowercase d

Is this the kind of thing you need? If you are using Quark (not sure about InDesign) you can draw up something as an eps and, using an embedded picture box, insert in your text.

Tim