Chess diagrams
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Chess diagrams
Can anyone recommend a system for producing chess diagrams as part of a pdf format publication? (I am thinking of a self-publishing venture for which the text would be developed in Word before being converted to pdf.)
Regards,
John Townsend
Regards,
John Townsend
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Re: Chess diagrams
The first on the following list is quite popular. http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/diaeng.htm
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Re: Chess diagrams
http://www.chessdiagrammer.com/ is what I've been using recently.
If you pay for the full version it takes a bit of time to get your head round all the options, though.
If you pay for the full version it takes a bit of time to get your head round all the options, though.
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Re: Chess diagrams
Many thanks for that, John. It's much appreciated. I have just produced a diagram, then saved it in a Word document, converted the file to pdf, and printed it. All was successful, so I think I have all I need now. Many thanks also to Richard, though I haven't looked at that site yet.
Kind regards,
John
Kind regards,
John
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Re: Chess diagrams
And thanks from me John. I'm just having a look at setting up a blog for our chess club and it's members and the ability to add diagrams makes it more interesting. Does anybody know a way I can make PGN's readable on a blogger blog?
I have got diagrams working
http://holywellchess.blogspot.co.uk/
I have got diagrams working
http://holywellchess.blogspot.co.uk/
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Re: Chess diagrams
I wonder what the private uses of the freeware version might beRichard James wrote:http://www.chessdiagrammer.com/ is what I've been using recently.
If you pay for the full version it takes a bit of time to get your head round all the options, though.
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Re: Chess diagrams
Thank you.John Foley wrote:The first on the following list is quite popular. http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/diaeng.htm
Is it be used in books too?
Do you know of a diagram made only of chess fonts?
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Re: Chess diagrams
Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
Do you know of a diagram made only of chess fonts ?
Yes, diagrams for printing can be made using chess fonts. I read this on the website, but I have no idea how it's done myself.
Do you know of a diagram made only of chess fonts ?
Yes, diagrams for printing can be made using chess fonts. I read this on the website, but I have no idea how it's done myself.
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Re: Chess diagrams
I think most professional print publishers use diagram fonts. Personally I think the Linares family from Alpine are best. They also include figurines for move notation.Barry Sandercock wrote:Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
Do you know of a diagram made only of chess fonts ?
Yes, diagrams for printing can be made using chess fonts. I read this on the website, but I have no idea how it's done myself.
These fonts are not too expensive and it's easy to set up ChessBase to generate the diagrams from your chosen font and size. They can then be scaled to whatever size you want.
http://www.partae.com/fonts/
Tim Harding
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Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
http://www.chessmail.com
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Re: Chess diagrams
http://pgn4web.casaschi.net/board-generator.htmlDewi Jones wrote:Does anybody know a way I can make PGN's readable on a blogger blog?
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Re: Chess diagrams
Don't you know of free fonts sir?Tim Harding wrote:I think most professional print publishers use diagram fonts. Personally I think the Linares family from Alpine are best. They also include figurines for move notation.Barry Sandercock wrote:Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
Do you know of a diagram made only of chess fonts ?
Yes, diagrams for printing can be made using chess fonts. I read this on the website, but I have no idea how it's done myself.
These fonts are not too expensive and it's easy to set up ChessBase to generate the diagrams from your chosen font and size. They can then be scaled to whatever size you want.
http://www.partae.com/fonts/
ChessPad 2 is free, but a square cannot be starred in ChessPad