IMPORTANT!
Dicier's codes must be 8 characters or less to work in some apps (e.g. Affinity Publisher). There are codes that seem to be more than 8 characters (e.g. QUEEN_DIAMONDS is 14), but these are actually combinations of shorter codes (e.g. QUEEN_ and DIAMONDS). If one of Dicier's codes is too long in your language, we can figure out a way to shrink it down (like the exclamation mark die, which uses EXCLAIM rather than EXCLAMATION).
CARD VALUE LIGATURES
- ACE
- TWO
- THREE
- FOUR
- FIVE
- SIX
- SEVEN
- EIGHT
- NINE
- TEN
- JACK
- QUEEN
- KING
Let me know which letters represent ace, jack, queen, and king (e.g. A for ACE, Q for QUEEN).
CARD SUIT LIGATURES
- HEARTS
- DIAMONDS
- CLUBS
- SPADES
CARDS NOTE!
Because card values or suits need to be combined with an underscore (e.g. ACE_SPADES) to make the value-suit combinations, at least one of these things must be true:
- all card value ligatures must be AT MOST 7 characters long (excluding the underscore), or
- all card suit ligatures must be AT MOST 7 characters long (excluding the underscore).
In English, the Diamonds suit is 8 characters long, so that means the underscore has to go on the card values instead, so all card values have to be 7 characters at most. See the 'IMPORTANT!' section at the top of this post for more details.
JOKER LIGATURES
- JOKER
- RED
- BLACK
Let me know how to write 'RED_JOKER' and 'BLACK_JOKER' if they aren't just written in the same form as in English. Also, let me know if there's an accepted way to write the colour in 3 letters (like BLK for black)—these letters will be used in the red and black joker icons, not the codes.
Because joker colours need to be able to have an underscore after them, joker colours can only be 7 characters long at most.
YES/NO/AND/BUT DICE LIGATURES
- YES
- NO
- AND
- BUT
Let me know to write the combinations like 'YES_AND' or 'NO_BUT', if these aren't just written in the same form as in English. Also, let me know if there's an accepted way to write those words in 3 letters or less each* so I can update the actual glyphs (for example, 'OUI' and 'NON' for 'YES' and 'NO' in French), if that's relevant to your language.
*or, no wider than an all-capital AND
SYMBOL DICE LIGATURES
- CHECK/TICK (checkmark)
- CROSS (an X shape)
- CIRCLE/NOUGHT/RING
- PLUS (+)
- MINUS (-)
- BLANK
- SLASH (/)
- EXCLAMATION (!) (Dicier uses EXCLAIM for this icon in English to keep the code short)
- QUESTION (?)
Let me know whether there are any variants. For example, the English version of Dicier allows you to use 'CHECK' or 'TICK' to get a checkmark die, or 'CIRCLE', 'NOUGHT', or 'RING' to get a circle die.
The 'BLANK' ligature in Dicier is meant for things like Fudge dice, which have plus, minus, and blank faces. If Fudge dice have a specific name for the blank face in your language, let me know that as well the translation for 'blank'.
The 'EXCLAIM' and 'QUESTION' ligatures do not need to include 'mark' at the end, as long as it's clear what they're referring to when someone sees the icon.
COIN LIGATURES
- HEADS
- TAILS
- ANY_FLIP
'ANY_FLIP' refers to either heads or tails.
WILDCARD LIGATURES
Either tell me how to write 'ANY' in the sense of 'any number', or else say how you would write a wildcard like this in your language.
SPECIAL SYMBOLS
If your language or culture has specific symbols for dice, dominoes, or playing cards that aren't found in the English Dicier fonts, but which could be useful, then request these in the Feature Request thread and link to your feature request in your reply in this thread. Note that they might already be on the to-do list!
LANGUAGE-SPECIFIC FEATURES
If your language or culture uses:
- numerals other than Arabic or Roman numerals
- pip patterns* on dice or dominoes other than the European or Asian pip patterns
- any other variations in symbols from the English-language, Latin-alphabet version of Dicier
Then let me know. Ideally, provide a photo or other image reference; I'll also do my own research. As above, request these in the Feature Request thread and link to your feature request in your reply in this thread. Language-specific features will be the default/baseline in their language variants and will be added to all fonts and language variants as stylistic sets, if the characters or ligatures already exist in those fonts.
*differences in the size, shape, and/or positions of pips on differently-numbered faces or dominoes