Answers.Body: <p>According to the information found <a href="https://github.com/vasiliyaltunin/chess-merida-font/blob/master/source/README_D.TXT" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> the creator Armando Hernández Marroquin created the digital version himself but copied the figures from an unspecified book, in 1998:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>The figures of this font follow the more traditional style  of  the  figures
  found in many publications with chess diagrams. I took them from a book with
  more than 5,000 chess problems.</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>A quick Google search on his name reveals that he seems to have authored <a href="https://www.dafont.com/armando-hernandez-marroquin.d420" rel="nofollow noreferrer">a number of other chess fonts</a> over the years.</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: cyco130
Answers.Body: <p>Unfortunately I can't comment. Perhaps a moderator can transform this answer as a comment, to give it a proper place. I found the following information from: </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/downl/figrom1.zip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Archivo con figuras basadas en el tipo Mérida</a> </p>
  
  <p>...
  The figurines of this font are a simple design from  my  CHESS MERIDA  font. The font was created exclusively in Corel Draw 3.0, drawings  and  exporting to TTF format.  I made the font in the  "Colegio La Salle de  San Cristobal" (La Salle School of San Cristobal), located in the pleasant mountains of the south of Mexico; in order to expand our collection of chess fonts. This font is freeware, I hope it is useful for the  chess community.  If  you  want  to repay us, you can send us some other chess  fonts  (we are collecting them). Your comments and suggestions would be welcome; please send them  to  either of address that appear below.</p>
  
  <pre><code>                            **************
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I wish to thank:</p>
  
  <pre><code>  ERIC BENTZEN
    http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc25222/homeeng.htm
  
    HANS BODLAENDER
    http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hansb/d.chessvar/d.font/index.html
  
    SETEPHANE MOUCHEL
    http://www.europe-echecs.com/
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>for the Website space which has enabled you to receive these fonts, to  ANDY TEMPLETON for the advices  and  ideas,  and  to  VIRGINIA CALHOUN my  friend translator.</p>
  
  <pre><code>ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
  CIRCULO LASALLISTA DE AJEDREZ         º  ARMANDO HERNANDEZ MARROQUIN
  Apartado Postal 168                   º
  San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas.  º  mquin@sancristobal.podernet.com.mx
  29200 MEXICO                          º
                                        º
  lasalle@sancristobal.podernet.com.mx  º  Marzo 18 de 1998.
  ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The designer does not inform at all what was the source of his inspiration.</p>
  
  <p>And, about your question of what books do we have with this font, I can't remember any book with this design. I have books in Spanish from 1970.</p>
  
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Answers.UserDisplayName: djnavas
Body: <p>Currently the most popular chess font is <a href="http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/fonteng.htm#MERIDA" rel="noreferrer">Merida</a>. I used to be under the impression that this was a new font from the computer era, but I found it in a German chess book from 1952 (Lasker's biography).</p>
  
  <p>The question is about the origin of this font. When was it introduced and how widespread was its use in the precomputer era? Does anyone have old books with such diagrams?</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Prtuh.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Prtuh.jpg" alt="diagram from German 1952 book"></a></p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
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Comments.Text: I can only add that the font is very familiar. I have seen it in numerous places. Most chess fonts hurt my face; that one does not.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Tony Ennis
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-07-22T09:50:04.783Z
Comments.Text: The only reference I've found is that it's named after the city of Mérida (Yucatán). This is the city Carlos Torre was from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Torre_Repetto, so I guess the chess font could be created by the printer of one of his books, but I'm just speculating.
Comments.UserDisplayName: sharcashmo
Tags: <chess-font>
Title: What is the origin of the Merida chess font?
ThreadText: # What is the origin of the Merida chess font?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-21)
  
  Currently the most popular chess font is [Merida](http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/fonteng.htm#MERIDA). I used to be under the impression that this was a new font from the computer era, but I found it in a German chess book from 1952 (Lasker's biography).
  
  The question is about the origin of this font. When was it introduced and how widespread was its use in the precomputer era? Does anyone have old books with such diagrams?
  
  [![diagram from German 1952 book](https://i.sstatic.net/Prtuh.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Prtuh.jpg)
  
  **Tags:** chess-font
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I can only add that the font is very familiar. I have seen it in numerous places. Most chess fonts hurt my face; that one does not.  
  > **username_2**: The only reference I've found is that it's named after the city of Mérida (Yucatán). This is the city Carlos Torre was from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Torre_Repetto, so I guess the chess font could be created by the printer of one of his books, but I'm just speculating.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2021-03-15. Score: 4
  
  According to the information found [here](https://github.com/vasiliyaltunin/chess-merida-font/blob/master/source/README_D.TXT) the creator Armando Hernández Marroquin created the digital version himself but copied the figures from an unspecified book, in 1998:
  
  > The figures of this font follow the more traditional style of the figures
  > found in many publications with chess diagrams. I took them from a book with
  > more than 5,000 chess problems.
  
  A quick Google search on his name reveals that he seems to have authored [a number of other chess fonts](https://www.dafont.com/armando-hernandez-marroquin.d420) over the years.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-12-20. Score: 3
  
  Unfortunately I can't comment. Perhaps a moderator can transform this answer as a comment, to give it a proper place. I found the following information from:
  
  [Archivo con figuras basadas en el tipo Mérida](http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/downl/figrom1.zip)
  
  ...
  The figurines of this font are a simple design from my CHESS MERIDA font. The font was created exclusively in Corel Draw 3.0, drawings and exporting to TTF format. I made the font in the "Colegio La Salle de San Cristobal" (La Salle School of San Cristobal), located in the pleasant mountains of the south of Mexico; in order to expand our collection of chess fonts. This font is freeware, I hope it is useful for the chess community. If you want to repay us, you can send us some other chess fonts (we are collecting them). Your comments and suggestions would be welcome; please send them to either of address that appear below.
  
  ```
                              **************
  
  ```
  
  I wish to thank:
  
  ```
    ERIC BENTZEN
    http://users.cybercity.dk/~ccc25222/homeeng.htm
  
    HANS BODLAENDER
    http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hansb/d.chessvar/d.font/index.html
  
    SETEPHANE MOUCHEL
    http://www.europe-echecs.com/
  
  ```
  
  for the Website space which has enabled you to receive these fonts, to ANDY TEMPLETON for the advices and ideas, and to VIRGINIA CALHOUN my friend translator.
  
  ```
  ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍËÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
  CIRCULO LASALLISTA DE AJEDREZ         º  ARMANDO HERNANDEZ MARROQUIN
  Apartado Postal 168                   º
  San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas.  º  mquin@sancristobal.podernet.com.mx
  29200 MEXICO                          º
                                        º
  lasalle@sancristobal.podernet.com.mx  º  Marzo 18 de 1998.
  ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÊÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
  
  ```
  
  The designer does not inform at all what was the source of his inspiration.
  
  And, about your question of what books do we have with this font, I can't remember any book with this design. I have books in Spanish from 1970.
  
  
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