

Czech) that create HTML files with diagrams from a pgn file. This kind of diagrams ("jigsaw puzzles") are also used by the so-called HTML generators (like e.g. The latter can be an advantage if you have several diagrams on one page many of the smaller pieces may be used many times, but need to be loaded only once, and thus the page as a whole will load faster. There are two basic ways to make web-diagrams: either as one picture or pieced together from several smaller pictures - like a jigsaw puzzle. Gif-pictures can be animated and used to show (maybe repeatedly) a few moves. Some programs save the diagram as bmp (bitmap) and it could be worth your while to convert it to gif or jpg. To top For Webpages Diagrams for webpages are always graphics, and the best formats are gif or jpg because they use less space and load faster. How it works is described in more detail under Chess Fonts, but the utilities that make it child's play are described on the page Chess Diagrams. Afterwards you insert the diagram as a picture in your document.Ī newer and more flexible way is to use chess fonts (true type, postscript or tex). The oldest method is to make the diagram with a program that saves it as a graphics file (bmp, gif, pcx or the like). newsletters): you either make it as a graphics file or as "text" with chess fonts. To top Diagrams for print There are two ways to make diagrams for print (like in e.g. On the page Chess Diagrams we describe and offer links to several programs and utilities (freeware and shareware). Common problems.Ĭhess Diagrams There are various ways to make chess diagrams for print or webpages. Palview converts PGN files with chess games to HTML/javascript for online viewing on a webpage.Ī wealth of chess fonts for diagrams and figurine notation.Īdvice about the use of chess fonts.

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If you can't wait to see what we have got - programs, fonts and graphics - follow the links directly to the relevant pages:ĭiagram utilities. Chess fonts for diagrams and figurine notation.Java applets for showing chess games online.Chess diagrams for printing - like in newsletters and books.This page is an introduction to chess publishing - or rather some tools of the trade.
