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H. G. Muller wrote on Fri, Sep 5, 2014 06:34 AM UTC:

Because WinBoard depends on true-type fonts for user-supplied piece images, there are some TTF available. These could of course be used in texts as well. (They are not figurine fonts, however; they do not contain any normal letters. So they are more comparable to fonts like WingDings.)

I made one such font ('Ultima') myself; it should be contained in the download for the WinBoard Alien Edition.

Another font with fairy pieces is 'WinboardF'. Unfortunately the download link for it there doesn't seem to work anymore. I have it installed on my laptop, though, so I could e-mail it to the guy if he wants it.)


Ultima font

Of course there also is the XIANGQI font that comes with the standard WinBoard distribution. But I guess it is only of interest for those who write Chinese.

Oh, and there also is a font with pieces for Superchess, obtainable from their website http://www.superchess.nl/indexengels.htm (click the 'Superchess Software' link). They are a bit picky on how you may use it, however.