A simple font that encodes astronomical symbols, both official and unofficial.
Most notably, symbols for major moons are implemented as ligatures. For example, "♂I" renders as a single symbol for Phobos (Mars I), and "♄VI" renders as a single symbol for Titan (Saturn VI)
The characters can be previewed at this webpage.
| Feature | Sans-serif | Serif |
|---|---|---|
| Sun and Major Planets | ✔ | ✔ |
| Moons of Major Planets | ✔ | Partial |
| Dwarf Planets | ✔ | |
| Moons of Dwarf Planets | ✔ | |
| Asteroids and Trojans | Partial | |
| Various Alternate Symbols | ✔ | |
| Miscellaneous Astrology |
All vectors and fonts in this repo are in the public domain.
The little script used to build the fonts comes from here, and may be modified/redistributed with attribution.
The sans-serif glyphs are made specifically for this repository, though I have attempted to make them stylistically similar to the characters in Alexander Lange's Catrinity font. Thanks to Tau Gärtli for contributing some alternate glyphs for Pluto and its moons.
The serif version uses modified glyphs of Alexander Lange's Public Domain Quivira font.
The designs for the Sun, Earth's Moon, Major Planets, Pluto, Ceres, and Asteroids are all fairly old and in wide use.
The symbols for the other moons and dwarf planets are modern designs by Denis Moskowitz, though I have substantially modified the designs for Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Kerberos, and Orcus.