The Borg “alphabet” consists of the numbers 0-9, the Latin letters A-Z (including Ð and Ø), and the Cyrillic letters Ч, Ш, and Я. The infinity symbol and several punctuation marks are part of the font but are not considered to be : – — • … ! " ' , - . / : ; < = >
To use this font on your website, add the following line to your <HEAD> : and then apply the class alphanumerics to any Borg text that you wish to be displayed in the Borg alphanumerics font. It is better to use the CSS link instead of hosting the webfonts locally because corrections and refinements are still being made. If you need assistance, contact me via the form at …/php.css.html.js
The font used here is derived from the work of Tommy of Escondido. The following is verbatim from his defunct page, Tommy of Escondido's Alien Fonts Page StarTrek Section (originally at www.geocities.org/timessquare/4965/tfont.html)
- The one form declared as alpha-numeric Borg was small circles with geometric chunks missing. These are the ones I have fonted for a-z, A-Z, 0-9.
- The second form is similar to Binar except that the circles shade from dark to light and vise-versa from the center, and they have no crosshairs. Some circles also have little triangles in them to one side. I also added a variety of these [w/o triangles] to the font as punctuation.
- The third form looks like a bunch of sine waves along an axis, often seen together with the second form. I added 2 of these to the font as well.
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Thanks to Elmo Of Borg for scanning and the source material for Borg, and to everyone else for their encouragement. Also check out the Krenim [script] for a similar style of writing.
These fonts are 'Charity-ware'. (Meaning: if you like the fonts and plan to use them, please give a little more than usual to your favorite charities such as the Salvation Army, United Way, or others the next time you have a chance.)
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