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Is there a way to 'unsymbol' an artboard in sketch?
Select the artboard/symbol, go to: Layer → Convert Symbol to Artboard.
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What symbols have been used to represent planets (in the solar system, or other)
All of the planets, as well as the sun and the moon, have symbols ....
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/680/solar-system-symbols/
In fact, some planets have multiple symbols, depending on ...
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Does a symbol like this or a similar thing already exsist and has its meaning or not?
This is called a Trefoil knot and it's a rather common symbol in both arts and iconography. If the outer 'leaves' are pointed, it's known as a Triquetra.
Both symbols have seen a lot of use, as ...
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How to produce difficult variant of Taegeuk symbol? (see images)
Sorry about this, but I have just found the answer to my problem:
Given this, I then created my own using Adobe Illustrator (seen in the following image). The outermost circle I used as one unit (in ...
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Why do most of the well known currency symbols have strikeouts in their symbols?
Imitation of an older convention
It's clear that the designers of more recent currency symbols have their own rationale for including the slashes or 'strikeouts' in the symbol. It's also clear that ...
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How do you make a multiplication sign in Illustrator?
×
If you don't know how to use Glyphs panel, the quicker way is to google "multiplication sign" and you will get this character "×".
Copy paste this character "×" into ...
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What's the centered fluffy art piece called in an article?
These kinds of ornaments can also sometimes be called fleurons. A set of them is included in the Wingdings typeface with different transformations to allow for easy symmetrical decorations.
☙ ❧
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Unable to draw logo with correct strokes and shadow
I assume you're trying to do all this with a single stroke?? Things really depend upon how you currently have objects constructed.
In order to get the appearance of an "overlap" you need an overlap. ...
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Image gets squished when overriding in a symbol in Sketch App
You can do this by adding an image fill to your shape.
Make sure you select Fill (and not Fit, Stretch or Tile).
You can then override the image just like you would any other.
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Is there any internationally-recognisable icon or symbol for police?
Here's a link to a quick discussion on international symbology you might find interesting since you’ve already read about the ISO standard.
A Brief History of International Symbols
As the article and ...
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How to improve performance with multiple duplicated objects?
Use symbols as explained in the Adobe manual. It can save you time and greatly reduce file size.
To create a symbol do one of the following:
Click the New Symbol button in the Symbols panel.
Drag ...
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Typography/Character ID; Semicircle with bracket
It looks like some stylized form of a pilcrow sign U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN or rather the earlier capitulum U+2E3F ⸿ CAPITULUM.
See the Wikipedia article on Pilcrow.
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Why do most of the well known currency symbols have strikeouts in their symbols?
Designer Udaya Kumar author of the in INR (Indian Rupee) ₹ symbol explains:
The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) are said
to make an allusion to the tricolor Indian ...
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Helvetica character for an empty checkbox
Plain, standard Helvetica does not contain a box glyph. (And if yours does: be careful, if it appears to do, that may actually be the .notdef glyph! Such a character is not suitable to use in a ...
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What unicode character should I use to represent the fill bucket?
What about something like this ▧?
I can't seem to make it larger so here's a pic
Unicode number: U+2668 / HTML-code: ▧
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Is there any internationally-recognisable icon or symbol for police?
As you've already seen the symbol can vary between location but the symbol I consider as the internationally recognizable symbol for police is the shield or badge.
It can be found used for buttons ...
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Why do most of the well known currency symbols have strikeouts in their symbols?
The lines across currency symbols make them easier to identify clearly in handwritten documents. An error in the identification of even one alphanumeric character or symbol in a handwritten document ...
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What is the name of the glyph that looks like a dash, but tapers on a single end?
These glyphs are part of Adobe Wood Type Ornaments
You can read more about these glyphs here. I don't think they have a unicode value, but you can access them via the Character Viewer in OSX or ...
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Masking a shape out of symbol in Sketch 3
Here is a tutorial I just created for you. I made it step by step since I didn't know how comfortable you feel with Sketch.
See that the important part is how you create your initial logo. Always on ...
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Does a symbol like this or a similar thing already exsist and has its meaning or not?
This looks (to my eyes at least) rather like a very basic Celtic Knot aka a Triquesta or Trinity Knot. There are lots of references to these things to be found on the internet if you search for the ...
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Sketch: As a symbol, adding text will resize the text block height
I'm desperately looking for an overall solution for this as well. The little workaround I've found until now, is a solution where you at least can compensate the look for one text object dropping to 2 ...
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Why circular 8 looks better than square 8
Not sure what you mean. Who says one is better than the other and in what context? The 'circular' 8 has a long history tracing back to the 3rd-4th-5th century in modern day India and Iraq, while the '...
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How do you make a multiplication sign in Illustrator?
I cheat....
Make a + in practically any font. Then using the Character Panel rotate it 45°
Some typefaces work better than others. This often aids in the x remaining visually consistent with any ...
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Do formatting (invisible) characters have a name?
From your question, the general category of characters or symbols that you are referring to are called Whitespace Characters.
Whitespace characters are the representation of any character that causes ...
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how to efficiently make a tab bar in Sketch?
There's a plugin called state machine that solves your task.
Article: https://medium.com/evil-martians/state-machine-3337b8776b49#.ysgrd1b2e
Plugin Download: https://github.com/romashamin/statemachine-...
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How can I avoid icons with double meanings?
A rule of thumb with icons is to keep it as simple as possible.
It's important that users get the idea by the first look, not by the second and third until the 'AHA' moment occurs. In general, you ...
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Sketch: Object moves relative to another object/text in symbol
Many thanks to twitter user @kieranpblack !
You must have at least 1px between the text layer and the second layer for it to work.
Works on any resizing option, including default stretch!
(Can't ...
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Sketch: Object moves relative to another object/text in symbol
With a bit of trial and error I've narrowed down the requirements.
The alignment of the text needs to be set to Auto
The horizontal space between the text and the other layer needs to be ≥ 0 and ≤ ...
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