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William Overington wrote on Fri, May 23, 2003 05:39 PM UTC:
The Quest text font, as of the 1.04 version available from
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/font7007.htm since earlier this
afternoon, now has chess sorts for all of the characters needed to set
diagrams for Tree Garden Chess as well as for Herb Garden Chess and
Carrera's Chess.

The font is Unicode compatible and has the chess sorts at the following
code points.
 
U+E58A, decimal 58762, WHITE CHESS MARQUESS UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E58B, decimal 58763, BLACK CHESS MARQUESS UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E58C, decimal 58764, WHITE CHESS MARQUESS UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E58D, decimal 58765, BLACK CHESS MARQUESS UPON A BLACK SQUARE
 
U+E592, decimal 58770, WHITE CHESS EARL UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E593, decimal 58771, BLACK CHESS EARL UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E594, decimal 58772, WHITE CHESS EARL UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E595, decimal 58773, BLACK CHESS EARL UPON A BLACK SQUARE
 
U+E59A, decimal 58778, WHITE CHESS VISCOUNT UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E59B, decimal 58779, BLACK CHESS VISCOUNT UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E59C, decimal 58780, WHITE CHESS VISCOUNT UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E59D, decimal 58781, BLACK CHESS VISCOUNT UPON A BLACK SQUARE
 
U+E5A2, decimal 58786, WHITE CHESS CARRERA CHAMPION UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5A3, decimal 58787, BLACK CHESS CARRERA CHAMPION UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5A4, decimal 58788, WHITE CHESS CARRERA CHAMPION UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5A5, decimal 58789, BLACK CHESS CARRERA CHAMPION UPON A BLACK SQUARE
 
U+E5AA, decimal 58794, WHITE CHESS CARRERA CENTAUR UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5AB, decimal 58795, BLACK CHESS CARRERA CENTAUR UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5AC, decimal 58796, WHITE CHESS CARRERA CENTAUR UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5AD, decimal 58797, BLACK CHESS CARRERA CENTAUR UPON A BLACK SQUARE
 
U+E5C1, decimal 58817, WHITE CHESS KING UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5C2, decimal 58818, WHITE CHESS QUEEN UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5C3, decimal 58819, WHITE CHESS ROOK UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5C4, decimal 58820, WHITE CHESS BISHOP UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5C5, decimal 58821, WHITE CHESS KNIGHT UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5C6, decimal 58822, WHITE CHESS PAWN UPON A WHITE SQUARE
 
U+E5D1, decimal 58833, BLACK CHESS KING UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5D2, decimal 58834, BLACK CHESS QUEEN UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5D3, decimal 58835, BLACK CHESS ROOK UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5D4, decimal 58836, BLACK CHESS BISHOP UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5D5, decimal 58837, BLACK CHESS KNIGHT UPON A WHITE SQUARE
U+E5D6, decimal 58838, BLACK CHESS PAWN UPON A WHITE SQUARE
 
U+E5E1, decimal 58849, WHITE CHESS KING UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5E2, decimal 58850, WHITE CHESS QUEEN UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5E3, decimal 58851, WHITE CHESS ROOK UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5E4, decimal 58852, WHITE CHESS BISHOP UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5E5, decimal 58853, WHITE CHESS KNIGHT UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5E6, decimal 58854, WHITE CHESS PAWN UPON A BLACK SQUARE 
 
U+E5F1, decimal 58865, BLACK CHESS KING UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5F2, decimal 58866, BLACK CHESS QUEEN UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5F3, decimal 58867, BLACK CHESS ROOK UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5F4, decimal 58868, BLACK CHESS BISHOP UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5F5, decimal 58869, BLACK CHESS KNIGHT UPON A BLACK SQUARE
U+E5F6, decimal 58870, BLACK CHESS PAWN UPON A BLACK SQUARE 
 
U+E5C0, decimal 58816, CHESS EMPTY WHITE SQUARE 
U+E5E0, decimal 58848, CHESS EMPTY BLACK SQUARE 
U+E5D0, decimal 58832, CHESS BLANK SPACE SQUARE 
U+E5F0, decimal 58864, CHESS ORNATE MOTIF SQUARE 
 
The following are for referring to the pieces in text.
 
U+2654, decimal 9812, WHITE CHESS KING 
U+2655, decimal 9813, WHITE CHESS QUEEN 
U+2656, decimal 9814, WHITE CHESS ROOK 
U+2657, decimal 9815, WHITE CHESS BISHOP 
U+2658, decimal 9816, WHITE CHESS KNIGHT 
U+2659, decimal 9817, WHITE CHESS PAWN 
U+265A, decimal 9818, BLACK CHESS KING 
U+265B, decimal 9819, BLACK CHESS QUEEN 
U+265C, decimal 9820, BLACK CHESS ROOK 
U+265D, decimal 9821, BLACK CHESS BISHOP 
U+265E, decimal 9822, BLACK CHESS KNIGHT 
U+265F, decimal 9823, BLACK CHESS PAWN 
 
U+E588, decimal 58760, WHITE CHESS MARQUESS
U+E588, decimal 58761, BLACK CHESS MARQUESS
 
U+E590, decimal 58768, WHITE CHESS EARL
U+E591, decimal 58769, BLACK CHESS EARL
 
U+E598, decimal 58776, WHITE CHESS VISCOUNT
U+E599, decimal 58777, BLACK CHESS VISCOUNT
 
U+E5A0, decimal 58784, WHITE CHESS CARRERA CHAMPION
U+E5A1, decimal 58785, BLACK CHESS CARRERA CHAMPION
 
U+E5A8, decimal 58792, WHITE CHESS CARRERA CENTAUR
U+E5A9, decimal 58793, BLACK CHESS CARRERA CENTAUR
 
The following are for the edges of the board, if desired.
 
U+E5B0, decimal 58800, CHESS BOARD UPPER LEFT CORNER
U+E5B1, decimal 58801, CHESS BOARD UPPER RIGHT CORNER
U+E5B2, decimal 58802, CHESS BOARD LOWER LEFT CORNER
U+E5B3, decimal 58803, CHESS BOARD LOWER RIGHT CORNER
U+E5B4, decimal 58804, CHESS BOARD UPPER EDGE SQUARE
U+E5B5, decimal 58805, CHESS BOARD LEFT EDGE SQUARE
U+E5B6, decimal 58806, CHESS BOARD RIGHT EDGE SQUARE
U+E5B7, decimal 58807, CHESS BOARD LOWER EDGE SQUARE

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