Follow the creator’s document-production problem
The original Ambor creator account explains that the author made a TrueType Harvey Balls font after encountering awkward graphics and limitations in a former employer’s font. It maps the number keys 0–9 to its symbol drawings and illustrates use in Office documents. This is a custom symbol mapping: the stored number and the visible ball are not the same thing. The creator’s resource supplies the actual mapping sheet and font; do not infer the meaning of each key from its numeric value.
Create a rating legend before formatting a table
Decide what each rating means in plain language, then compare the source’s mapping sheet and assign the appropriate symbol key. Keep the original score and a readable label in separate fields when the symbol is only a visual summary. In a spreadsheet, map an explicit category to the selected character rather than silently treating every score as a fill percentage. Add a legend beside the table so a partially filled circle has a clear meaning for every reader.
Plan for missing fonts and shared documents
The creator warns that recipients without the font can see ordinary numbers instead of symbols. Keep the readable label or underlying data alongside the graphic so the table remains interpretable. Check the actual sharing format and font-handling options in the application used; an old menu screenshot is not a current universal embedding instruction. For decorative text to paste into a profile, our homepage text-style converter changes Unicode characters and does not install this number-mapped font or build rating tables. Use the linked creator resource for the original Harvey Balls file.
The copyright-character guide contrasts ordinary encoded symbol insertion with a custom font mapping, helping distinguish a character from the glyph a selected font displays.
Your questions, answered.
Why do recipients see digits instead of Harvey Balls?
The creator explains that the symbols are mapped to number characters; without the font, another font can render those underlying digits.
Does the number 5 automatically mean a fifty-percent rating?
No. Use the actual font’s mapping sheet and a defined rating legend. The key identifies a glyph and does not by itself establish a universal scoring meaning.
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