| Although there is no
support for colour within the TrueType file format, it is possible
to produce logos and symbols which display and print in colour. When
the font is manufactured the logo is effectively split into its various
sections so that the application can apply the required colour to
each area of the logo.
There are various
methods available to colour a logo and although it can vary between
applications, we have listed below three of the most commons methods.
Method 1 -
Changing the colour as you type
This method is
usually the quickest, especially if the application allows a quick
method for selecting the font colour, such as Microsoft
Word.
1. Select
the required font from the applications font list.
2. Select
the required point size.
3. Select
the font colour of the first section of the logo.
4. Type
the characters associated with the first section of the logo. This
may be one or more characters.
5. Select
the font colour of the next section of the logo.
6. Type
the characters associated with this section of the logo. This may
be one or more characters.
7. Repeat
steps 5 and 6 until the logo is complete.
Method 2 -
Changing colour after you type the logo
This method is the
slowest method but the most reliable. Logos that are very complex,
that have multiple colours can get confusing to type, but this
method means you can see if you have coloured the logo correctly
straight away.
1. Select
the required font from the applications font list.
2. Select
the required point size.
3. Type
all of the characters associated with the colourable logo.
4. Move
the cursor to the beginning of the first character that makes up
the logo.
5. Press
and hold the shift key and press the right arrow key once for each
character to be selected.
6. Select
the font colour for this section of the logo.
7. Press
the right arrow key. This de-selects the current highlighted characters.
8. Repeat
steps 5 to 7 until the logo is complete.
Method 3 -
Changing font after you type the logo
This method is usually
the easiest and simplest, but unfortunately it doesn't work in
all applications.
1. Select
a standard typeface font such as Arial from the applications font
list.
2. Select
the required point size.
3. Select
the font colour of the first section of the logo.
4. Type
the characters associated with the first section of the logo. This
may be one or more characters.
5. Select
the font colour of the next section of the logo.
6. Type
the characters associated with this section of the logo. This may
be one or more characters.
7. Repeat
steps 5 and 6 until the logo is complete.
8. Select
the complete logo. (i.e. highlight all characters within the logo).
9. Change
the typeface to the TrueType logo font. The logo should appear
correctly coloured. If the logo appears in only one colour then
your application can not use this method of colouring a TrueType
logo.
The above example
shows the letters 'jklmno' displayed and coloured using the Arial
typeface and below that the logo as it appears after the typeface
has been changed from Arial to the required logo font. The Crown
logo shown is one of the logos contained within the Formula
Solutions Demo TrueType font.
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