ACES_PLA_NAVY_2012 addon

Since 2012 the chinese navy has started adopting a new standard for its ship hull numbers. Some Chinese J-15 wear these number styles on their nose on some newer models.

While western style vertical block pennant style numbers dominate in their appearance in most media.

The Chinese has taken a different styled approach as it's navy continues to grow while possibly moves into a more international role in appearance.

The number designs follow a golden ratio like most vertical block lettering's, a unique design rule featured corners that are joined by a series of 2 small tangent arcs and 1 large tangent arc to make up the appearance of the chamfers that expresses the design tension when viewed up close.

The original designer of the 2012 PLA Navy font Zh.wikipedia.org(%E5%AD%97%E4%BD%93%E8%AE%BE%E8%AE%A1%E5%B8%88)

Design rules publication Zcool.com.cn

Like many military fonts, this is not normally available for download for the public. In response I decided to look into its design specifications, not only recreating the numbers but also made Latin letters adopting the same design rules. This is not a trace but a re-implementation following original design rules in the above image, so expect minor visual differences from the original.

Release notes:

A1 - Original release

A1.1 - Glyph 0036 & 0039 hanging hooks are extended to be more consistent with 0033 hooks

A1.1b Promo image updated.