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Symbols are named graphical or typographic elements. They can be divided into symbol sets, which gives some namespace independence, as well. You can load the symbol definitions from a <tt>symb-bla</tt> file with: | Symbols are named graphical or typographic elements. They can be divided into symbol sets, which gives some namespace independence, as well. You can load the symbol definitions from a <tt>symb-bla</tt> file with: | ||
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+ | * [http://dante.ctan.org/CTAN/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf comprehensive] list of symbols in TeX fonts | ||
+ | * [http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/ Zapf Dingbats, Unicode and Apple symbols] and how to use them with ConTeXt (Adam's page) | ||
+ | * [http://www.unicode.org/charts/symbols.html Unicode slots] of symbols | ||
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Revision as of 14:54, 15 October 2005
Symbols are named graphical or typographic elements. They can be divided into symbol sets, which gives some namespace independence, as well. You can load the symbol definitions from a symb-bla file with:
\usesymbols[bla]
Given a symbol Snowman defined in a symbolset Weather Symbols, you could typeset the symbol with:
\setupsymbolset [Weather Symbols] \symbol [Snowman]
Or, alternatively, you don't need to load the entire symbolset:
\symbol[Weather Symbols][Snowman]
You can override the existing symbols used at different levels in itemized lists by redefining the existing symbol numbers, with code like the following:
\usesymbols[mvs] \definesymbol[1][{\symbol[martinvogel 2][PointingHand]}] \definesymbol[2][{\symbol[martinvogel 2][CheckedBox]}] \startitemize[packed] \item item \item item \startitemize[packed] \item item \item item \stopitemize \item item \stopitemize
Which (free) font contains some symbol?
- comprehensive list of symbols in TeX fonts
- Zapf Dingbats, Unicode and Apple symbols and how to use them with ConTeXt (Adam's page)
- Unicode slots of symbols