Character Sets

For more usage information, be sure to visit the Usage Page.

There are a number of available character sets that you can use with your counter. The default is:

An alternate character-set can be selected by adding a -c/number option, where the number string should be replaced to the decimal number of the set. The WebCounter system knows about the character-sets listed below. For instance, to use the 1st alternate you use -c/1:

<IMG SRC="http://counter.digits.com/wc/-c/1/name">

NOTE: The name string in the above HTML code should be replaced with the name of the counter that you have created.

This produces:

You also can instruct your counter to select a random character set for you each time your counter is requested, by using the -R option (that's a capital R). For example:

<IMG SRC="http://counter.digits.com/wc/-R/name">

NOTE: The name string in the above HTML code should be replaced with the name of the counter that you have created.

Here are the available character-set numbers followed by a sample of their output.


 0 ...  Can't remember where I found this one.
 1 ...  Found at The Museum of Counter Art.
 2 ...  Created by benjamin@pop3.oro.net.
 3 ...  Can't remember where I found this one.
 4 ...  Created by Russ.
 5 ...  Created by Ryan Terry Sammartino.
 6 ...  Created by Ryan Terry Sammartino.
 7 ...  Stolen from the back of the Buffalo Tom CD.
 8 ...  Created by Russ.
 9 ...  Created by Heini Withagen.
10 ...  Can't remember where I found this one.
11 ...  A set sneaked to me by Daniel Klein.
12 ...  Thrown my way by Matt Walker.
13 ...  Thrown my way by Matt Walker.
14 ...  Thrown my way by Matt Walker.
15 ...  Created by Michael Teator.
16 ...  Created by D & A.
17 ...  Created by Mac chauvinist Mars Saxman.
18 ...  Can't remember where I found this one.
19 ...  Created by Ben Guaraldi.
20 ...  Created by dudette Binky Melnik.
21 ...  Created by dudette Binky Melnik.
22 ...  Created by dudette Binky Melnik.
23 ...  Created by Jeremy Thompson.
24 ...  Created by Ythan@aol.com.
25 ...  Created by Mikael Lind.
26 ...  Created by Kentaro Saito.
27 ...  Some snowy holiday digits from Mr Richie J Kendrick.

Please send any character-set suggestions to use via our support form. Please send a gif which, like the above samples, demonstrates every digit. Please note that each digit should fit within a 15 x 20 pixel rectangle -- the entire character set image of digits 0 through 9 should be 150 x 20 pixels. In addition, the images should be 8 bit greyscale since the color is applied later by the user options. Also, we cannot accept all character sets so please understand if yours is not taken.