How to OPENTYPE M A C W I N

MAC
WIN
How to
O PENTYPE
Getting Started with Ark  Monogram Std
FOR OPENTYPE FONTS
Install your Ark Monogram OpenType Std Font Family— Ark Monogram Center, Ark Monogram Left, Ark Monogram
Right, and Ark Oval Frames. Perform this installation in the usual manner on your Macintosh or Windows computer.
Your font menu should look something like this:
FONT MENU
Ark SGOT Std
Monogram Center
Monogram Left
Monogram Right
Oval Frames
THIS IS A SAMPLE OF ARK MONOGRAM CENTER
FONT MENU
Ark SGOT Std
Monogram Center
Monogram Left
Monogram Right
Oval Frames
2
This is A SAMPLE OF Ark Monogram LEFT
FONT MENU
Ark SGOT Std
Monogram Center
Monogram Left
Monogram Right
Oval Frames
3
This is A SAMPLE OF Ark Monogram Right
FONT MENU
Ark SGOT Std
Monogram Center
Monogram Left
Monogram Right
Oval Frames
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4
By using programs that allow you to freely position and align type like Adobe InDesign or Quark Express,
you can precisely position each letter. Start by combining center 1 , left 2 , and right 3 typestyles.
Now place your work on top of an oval frame 4 . Step-by-step directions are on the next page.
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1
How to Make a Monogram
l eft center right
ARK ARK ARK ARK
Ready to
Place in Oval
1 Start with all capital letters using Ark Monogram Center from the font menu.
Step 2 Change the first letter “A” to an Ark Monogram Left letter.
Step 3 Change the end letter “K” to an Ark Monogram Right letter.
Step
Ready— Your monogram is now ready to place in an oval.
Make a separate oval
Place the oval behind the monogram
Change black type to white type
Add fill colors if you wish
7 ARK7 ARK7 7
ARK
Finished Monogram
Step
4 Make a separate placeholder for your new oval. Now select an Ark Oval Frame from the font menu. A
complete list of ovals with access keys is located in the next section. You may also want to use the Apple Character
Palette to help you in your selection of ovals.
Step
5 & 6 Make sure your oval is placed behind the monogram. Turn the finished ARK monogram letters you
previously made to white type (reverse) and move them to the center of the oval. Add fill colors if you wish.
Finished—Voilà! You now have a finished monogram in an oval.
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Page-Layout Programs and Oval Frames
Almost all major Macintosh and Windows page-layout programs will now allow you to freely position and align type behind
type. You can precisely place your monogram in an oval frame with:
• Adobe InDesign
• Quark XPress
• Adobe Illustrator
• Corel Draw and MS Publisher
• The Print Shop for Macintosh & Windows
• and many others
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If you are unsure, you may want check to see if your software has a type-on-a-path tool that allows for positioning before
purchasing the Ark Monogram Set.
Some bare-bones word-processors, such as TextEdit (Mac) and MSWordPad (Win), are too limited to align the oval frame.
Making Monograms with Mac MS Word 2004 OSX & Later
Open a new blank document in Word and type in your three-letter monogram using Ark Monogram Center. Then replace the
first letter with Ark Monogram Left and the last letter with Ark Monogram Right. Fonts with easier to read names are found
at Font under the Format menu:
Ark Monogram Left
ARK ARK ARK ARK
Ark Monogram Center
Ark Monogram Right
Type in your Ark Oval Frame selection, then highlight that character. A complete list of ovals with access keys is located in
the next section:
ARk 6
Ark Oval Frame ( press key 6 )
Go to the Format menu at the top, then to Insert Text Box. The Oval should now be a movable object in your document:
6 ARk
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Making Monograms with Mac MS Word 2004 OSX & Later
(cont’d)
Next, double-click on the edge of the Text Box to go to Format Text Box. In the Colors and Lines heading select a Line Color of
No Line. You may want to make other adjustments while you’re in here:
Format Text Box
6 ARk
Colors and Lines
Line
Color:
No Line
Now go to the Layout heading in the same Format Text Box. Choose Behind Text to send the oval frame behind the
three-letter monogram:
Format Text Box
Layout
Wrapping style
Behind Text
You should be able to drag the oval under the monogram now as shown in the left image below. Please be aware if you select a
black oval you will need to change the color of the text to white. You can make this change by going to the Format menu and
selecting Font then Font color as shown here
ARk6
Oval can be dragged under
the black ARK text now
ARk
6
ARk
6
Change ARK text
from black to white
Select ARK text to
precisely align
Paragraph
Indents and Spacing
Indentation
Spacing
If you are unable to precisely align to your satisfaction, then select the three-letter monogram again. Go to the Format menu
and select Paragraph. Choose the Indents and Spacing heading and adjust Indentation and Spacing to accurately align the
three-letter monogram within the oval frame. You may want to check alignment with the Zoom feature.
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Making Monograms with Windows MS Word 2003 & Later
Open a new blank document in Word and type in your three-letter monogram using Ark Monogram Center. Then replace the
first letter with Ark Monogram Left and the last letter with Ark Monogram Right. Fonts with easier to read names are found
at Font under the Format menu:
Ark Monogram Left
ARK ARK ARK ARK
Ark Monogram Center
Ark Monogram Right
Type in your Ark Oval Frame selection, then highlight that character. A complete list of ovals with access keys is located in
the next section:
ARk 6
Ark Oval Frame ( press key 6 )
Go to the Format menu at the top, then to Insert Text Box. The Oval should now be a movable object in your document:
6 ARk
Next, double-click on the edge of the Text Box to go to Format Text Box. In the Colors and Lines heading select a Line Color
of No Line. You may want to make other adjustments while you’re in here:
6 ARk
Format Text Box
Colors and Lines
Line
Color:
No Line
Now go to the Layout heading in the same Format Text Box. Choose Behind Text to send the oval frame behind the
three-letter monogram:
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Making Monograms with Windows MS Word 2003 & Later
(cont’d)
Now go to the Layout heading in the same Format Text Box. Choose Behind Text to send the oval frame behind the
three-letter monogram:
Format Text Box
Layout
Wrapping style
Behind Text
You should be able to drag the oval under the monogram now as shown in the left image below. Please be aware if you select a
black oval you will need to change the color of the text to white. You can make this change by going to the Format menu and
selecting Font then Font color as shown here
ARk6
Oval can be dragged under
the black ARK text now
ARk
6
ARk
6
Paragraph
Indents and Spacing
Indentation
Spacing
Select ARK text to
precisely align
Change ARK text
from black to white
If you are unable to precisely align to your satisfaction, then select the three-letter monogram again. Go to the Format menu and
select Paragraph. Choose the Indents and Spacing heading and adjust Indentation and Spacing to accurately align the threeletter monogram within the oval frame. You may want to check alignment with the Zoom feature.
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Ark Oval Frames with unicodes & access keys
uni0031
uni0032
uni0033
OpenType Std
uni0034
uni0035
uni0036
uni0037
uni0038
1234 56 7 8
press key
1
press key
2
uni0041
uni0042
press key
3
uni0043
press key
4
press key
5
press key
6
uni0045
uni0046
uni0044
press key press key
7
8
uni0047
uni0048
A B C D E F G H
press key
A
uni0049
press key
B
uni004A
press key
C
press key
D
uni004B
press key
E
uni004C
press key
F
uni004D
press key press key
G
H
uni004E
uni004F
IJK L MNO
press key
I
press key
J
uni0050
uni0051
press key
K
press key
L
uni0052
uni0053
press key
M
press key
N
press key
O
uni0054
uni0055
uni0056
PQR S TU V
press key
P
press key
Q
uni0057
uni0058
press key
R
press key
S
uni0059
uni005A
press key
T
uni0061
press key
U
press key
V
uni0062
uni0063
W X Y Z a b c
press key
W
press key
X
press key
Y
press key
Z
press key
a
press key
b
press key
c
uni0064
uni0065
uni0066
uni0067
uni0068
uni0069
uni006A
d e f g h i j
press key
d
press key
e
uni006B
uni006C
press key
f
uni006D
press key
g
press key
h
press key
i
press key
j
uni006E
uni006F
uni0070
uni0071
k l m n o p q
press key
k
press key
l
press key
m
press key
n
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press key
o
press key
p
press key
q
Ark Oval Frames with unicodes & access keys (continued)
uni0072
uni0073
uni0074
OpenType Std
uni0075
uni0076
uni0077
uni0078
uni0079
uni007A
r s t u v w x y z
press key
r
press key
s
uni00C4
press key
t
uni00C5
press key
u
press key
v
uni00C7
uni00C9
press key
w
uni00D1
press key press key press key
x
y
z
uni00D6
uni00DC
Ä Å Ç É Ñ Ö Ü
Alt
press
option u,
shift a
0
1
9
6
Alt
press
shift-option
a
uni00E0
Alt
0
0
press
1 shift-option 1
9
9
c
7
9
uni00E1
Alt
press
option e,
shift e
uni00E2
0
2
0
1
uni00E3
Alt
0 press
2 option u,
0
9 shift o
press
option n,
shift n
uni00E4
Alt
Alt
0
press
2 option u,
1
4 shift u
uni00E5
0
2
2
0
uni00E7
á à â ä ã å ç
Alt
press
option e
then a
0
2
2
5
uni00E8
Alt
press
option `
then a
0
2
2
4
uni00E9
Alt
press
option i
then a
0
2
2
6
Alt
press
option u
then a
uni00EA
0
2
2
8
uni00EB
Alt
0 press
2 option a
2
7
press
option n
then a
uni00EC
Alt
Alt
0
press
2 option c
2
9
uni00ED
0
2
3
1
uni00EE
é è ê ë í ì î
Alt
press
option e
then e
0
2
3
3
uni00EF
Alt
press
option `
then e
0
2
3
2
uni00F1
Alt
press
option i
then e
0
2
3
4
Alt
press
option u
then e
uni00F2
0
2
3
5
uni00F3
Alt
Alt
uni00F4
uni00F5
Alt
uni00FB
0
2
3
9
Alt
press
option n
then n
uni00FC
0
2
4
1
Alt
press
option e
then o
uni2020
0
2
4
3
Alt
press
option `
then o
uni00B0
0
2
4
2
press
option i
then o
uni00A2
0
2
3
8
uni00F6
ï ñ ó ò ô ö õ
press
option u
then i
Alt
0
press 0
press
2 option 2 option i
`
3
3
then i
7 then i 6
press
option e
then i
Alt
Alt
0 press
2 option u
4
4 then o
0
press
2 option n
4
6 then o
uni00A3
uni00A7
Alt
0
2
4
5
uni2022
ûü†° ¢£ § •
Alt
press
option i
then u
0
2
5
1
Alt
press
option u
then u
0
2
5
2
Alt
press
option t
Alt
Alt
0
0
press
1 shift-option 1
3
7
8
4
6
0
press
option 4 1
6
2
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press
option
3
Alt
Alt
Alt
0
press
1 option 6
6
3
0 press
1 option 8
6
7
0
1
4
9
Ark Monogram Alternates with unicodes & feature info (old Virkotype classics plus new originals)
Left
uni0394
uni03A9
uni00B1
alternate #1
left o or d
Company–left
abbreviation
fill mark for i
left side
option
j
option
z
(dlig)
∆ Ω
Center
uni00AC
±¬
¬
Alt
0
1
7
7
shiftoption =
uni00B5
alt1
$
0
1
7
2
alt1
#
alt1
*
alt1
¢
µ $#*¢
Alt
option
l (el)
Alt
0
1
8
1
option
m
uni2260
uni222B
uni221E
uni00B5
Incorporated
abbreviation
Mc
(variation of Mac)
alternate #1
T
alternate #1
hangbar F
option =
option b
option 5
(dlig)
(dlig)
stylistic
alternates
(salt)
uni00AC
E001 E000 E003 E002
alt1
$
alternate #1
capital I (eye)
alt1
#
alt1
*
alt1
¢
∫ ∞ µ ¬ $#*¢
≠
Alt
uni2206
Right
E001 E000 E003 E002
alternate #1
left hangbar f
alternate #1
left i (eye)
OpenType Std
uni2126
alternate #1
right o or d
Company–right
abbreviation
option
j
option
z
(dlig)
∆ Ω
Oval Frames
option m
Alt
0
1
8
1
option
l (el)
uni00AC
uni00B1
alternate #1
right i (eye)
fill mark for i
right side
¬
0
1
7
2
stylistic
alternates
(salt)
uni00B5
E001 E000 E003 E002
alternate #1
right hangbar f
alt1
$
alt1
#
alt1
*
alt1
¢
¬± µ $ # * ¢
Alt
option
l (el)
0
1
7
2
Alt
shiftoption =
0
1
7
7
Alt
option
m
0
1
8
1
stylistic
alternates
(salt)
uni00AF
uni02DC
uni00B8
uni00A8
uni2260
uni221A
uni2248
uni00AC
alternate #2
left j
alternate #2
J
alternate #2
right j
alternate #1
left u
alternate #1
right u
alternate #1
left v
alternate #1
right v
alternate #1
left l (el)
¯
Alt
shift-option 0
1
comma
7
(salt)
5
J
Alt
0
1
5
2
shiftoption n
(salt)
j
shiftoption z
(hist)
Alt
0
1
8
4
¨ u v v
Alt
shiftoption u
(salt)
0
1
6
8
Alt
0
1
6
5
option
=
(hist)
uni00D2
uni2206
uni00D4
uni03C0
uni2202
alternate #2
left l (el)
alternate #1
J
alternate #1
right j
alternate #1
left p
alternate #1
D
l
shiftoption l (el)
(titl)
Alt
0
2
1
0
J
Alt
0
1
8
6
option
j
(titl)
j
shiftoption j
(titl)
Alt
0
2
1
2
Alt
0
1
7
0
uni00C3
uni00D5
uni0152
alternate #1
left o or d
Company–left
abbreviation
Incorporated
abbreviation
Mc
(variation of Mac)
option
`
shift a
Alt
0
1
9
2
Ã
option n
shift a
Alt
0
1
9
5
Õ
option n
shift o
Alt
0
2
1
3
option
v
(salt)
0
1
7
1
uni0192
option
x
(hist)
Alt
0
1
8
1
option
d
(salt)
uni0153
0
1
3
1
uni2013
alternate #1
T
option
o
(salt)
alternate #1
right o or d
shiftoption q
0
1
4
0
Alt
option
q
0
1
5
6
Alt
option
hyphen
l
option
l (el)
(salt)
Alt
0
1
7
2
uni00D8
alternate #2
left or right o
Alt
0
2
4
8
uni2014
Company–right
abbreviation
Œ œ – —
Alt
0
1
8
7
alternate #2
O
Alt
option
f
(salt)
Alt
uni00F8
alternate #1
hangbar F
p D F O
option
p
(salt)
uni00C0
À
Alt
Alt
0 shift-option 0
1
1
hyphen
5
5
0
1
Ø
shiftoption o
(salt)
Alt
0
2
1
6
OpenType
duplicates
are provided for
these Windows
PostScript /
TrueType glyphs:
u v v
J p D
uni00A5 uni00AB uni00BB
uni00BA uni00AA uni00B5
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Ark Monogram Black & White Artwork Samples
OpenType Std
7
±iCe
a¬¬ 7
oRLANDo
r
BLACK & WHITE
lotto
4
A beautiful
WINNER
DREAM HOME H
WELCOME
x4
SG
O
PAR 4KIND•OF LUCKY4
F O U R
This is a sample of Ark Monogram Center
432 BOB CTC DAD ERA TUF H&B NOW
TECHNICAL NOTES
• A BEAUTIFUL DREAM HOME above was created using a 1 pt. inverted triangle. A is 56 pt. Ark Left while beautiful
is 44 pt. Ark Center. DREAM HOME is 96 pt. Ark Center with Ark Left & Right at both ends. WELCOME is 44 pt. Ark
Center with Ark Left & Right on both ends—all reversed out (white type) on a 71 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key 4).
• SG is 55 pt. Ark Left & Right on a 45 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key x).
• PAR FOUR uses a 75 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key O) behind the word PAR which is Ark Left, Center & Right at 75 pt.
FOUR is 18 pt. Ark Center.
• lotto is made with lowercase 32 pt. Ark Center white letters (reverse type) on a 47 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key 4). The
line through the oval is a .8 pt. rule. WINNER is 19 pt. Ark Center.
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Ark Monogram Black & White Artwork Samples (continued)
OpenType Std
• AII uses a 60 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key 7) behind the letters AII (aii) which is Ark Left (key a), Center (alt capital
I-stylistic alt) & Right (alt i-stylistic alt) all at 55 pt.
• ICE uses a 60 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key 7) behind the letters ICE (ice) which is Ark Left (i side mark-stylistic alt
and key i), Center (capital c-key shift c ) & Right (key e) all at 55 pt.
• BLACK & WHITE is 60 pt. Ark Center on two rectangles (.8 pt. rule filled with black and the other not filled).
Beginning B is 60 pt. Ark Left, ending E is Ark Right. 100 pt. Ark Oval Frame behind & is accessed by pressing
key H.
• ORLANDO is 48 pt. Ark Center on a 53 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key r).
• KIND OF LUCKY is 72 pt. Ark Center with a 64 pt. Ark Oval Frame (key 4) attached at the end. Rectangle with .8
pt. black outline rule and white fill is on top of the ovals. OF is 42 pt. white type – Ark Left & Right on a 42 pt.
Ark Oval Frame (option 8).
• This is a sample of Ark Monogram Center is 60 pt. upper & lowercase Ark Center.
• 432, BOB, CTC, DAD, ERA, TUF, H&B, NOW are 60 pt. Ark Left, Center and Right.
OTHER INFORMATION
Version 2.62 OpenType for Macintosh and Windows — © Copyright 1993 Spiece Graphics. All rights reserved. PostScript, Adobe
InDesign, and Adobe Illustrator are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. TextEdit, Apple, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple
Computer, Inc. Corel Draw is a trademark of Corel Corporation. Quark XPress is a trademark of Quark Corporation. The Print Shop
is a trademark of Riverdeep Interactive Learning Limited. MS Publisher, MS Word, MS WordPad, and Windows are trademarks of
Microsoft Corporation. FontHaus and the FontHaus logo are trademarks of FontHaus, Inc. MyFonts.com and the MyFonts.com
logo are trademarks of MyFonts.com, Inc. OpenType and the OpenType logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. and Microsoft
Corporation. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Ark Monogram is available from:
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