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* [http://homepage.mac.com/atl/tex/ Zapf Dingbats, Unicode and Apple symbols] and how to use them with ConTeXt (Adam's page)
 
* [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
 
* [http://www.unicode.org/charts/symbols.html Unicode slots] of symbols
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===Predefined Symbol Sets===
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(Try <cmd>showsymbolset</cmd><tt>[some set]</tt>!)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-eur.tex eur] : Adobe Euro (Serif|Sans|Mono), defines <cmd>texteuro</cmd> (no sets)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-glm.tex glm] : guillem(e|o)ts, defines <cmd>leftguillemot</cmd>, <cmd>rightguillemot</cmd>, <cmd>guilsingleleft</cmd>, <cmd>guilsingleright</cmd> (no sets)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-jmn.tex jmn] : Janusz M. Nowacki's navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-4</tt>)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-mis.tex mis] : common bullets (no sets, but default definition for enumerations)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-mvs.tex mvs] : Martin Vogel's symbols (sets <tt>astronomic, zodiac, europe, martinvogel 1-3</tt>; replaces LaTeX's marvosym)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-nav.tex nav] : Hans Hagen's navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-3</tt>)
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* [http://source.contextgarden.net/tex/context/base/symb-uni.tex uni] : Unicode symbols (including Zapf Dingbats, lots of sets...)
  
 
[[Category:Fonts]]
 
[[Category:Fonts]]

Revision as of 15:24, 15 October 2005

< Visuals | Fonts >

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?

Predefined Symbol Sets

(Try \showsymbolset[some set]!)

  • eur : Adobe Euro (Serif|Sans|Mono), defines \texteuro (no sets)
  • glm : guillem(e|o)ts, defines \leftguillemot, \rightguillemot, \guilsingleleft, \guilsingleright (no sets)
  • jmn : Janusz M. Nowacki's navigational symbols (sets navigation 1-4)
  • mis : common bullets (no sets, but default definition for enumerations)
  • mvs : Martin Vogel's symbols (sets astronomic, zodiac, europe, martinvogel 1-3; replaces LaTeX's marvosym)
  • nav : Hans Hagen's navigational symbols (sets navigation 1-3)
  • uni : Unicode symbols (including Zapf Dingbats, lots of sets...)