Bitmaps
William Overington
When wordprocessing, one sometimes needs an inline symbol that is not available in the
standard founts.
For example, suppose that one is preparing a document that is to be printed onto paper
and used as part of a survey.
One might like some plain boxes that participants in the survey can tick.
Here are some such designs that I have produced.
I am retaining my copyright as I may be able to license them for inclusion on CDs.
However, people who find them here are welcome to use them in their wordprocessing if they so
wish, free of royalty payment.
The boxes are supplied in plain black upon a white background in both gif and bmp file formats.
All of the files that have a file name that commences with the word "box" have a square image
and then the file name has the number of pixels high (such as 12, 16, 18, 24) then the letter
b to mean "bordered by" and then the number of pixels of width of the border.
Please note that the pixels in the boxes are 96 to the inch and typeface points, as in "point
size" are 72 to the inch, so the point size is three quarters of the number of pixels.
For example, 24 pixels in these boxes is 18 points.
However, as typefaces often allow for ascenders and descenders, it is best to select the
most appropriate box for any application by trying a few alternatives and selecting on the
basis of visual appeal.
The illustrations on this web page are produced by using the gif files.
The original artwork was produced as bmp files using Microsoft Paint and gif files were made
from the bmp files using Microsoft Photo Editor.
Requests for new bitmaps to be added may be emailed.
Requesting a new bitmap is free.
There is no charge should a requested bitmap be added.
Requester's details will not be published.
Copyright 1998 William Overington