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* [[source:symb-eur.tex|eur]] : Adobe Euro (Serif|Sans|Mono), defines [[cmd:texteuro|\texteuro]] (no sets) | * [[source:symb-eur.tex|eur]] : Adobe Euro (Serif|Sans|Mono), defines [[cmd:texteuro|\texteuro]] (no sets) | ||
− | * [[source:symb-glm.tex|glm]] : guillem(e|o)ts, defines [[cmd:leftguillemot|\leftguillemot]], [[cmd:rightguillemot\rightguillemot]], [[cmd:guilsingleleft|\guilsingleleft]], [[cmd:guilsingleright|\guilsingleright]] (no sets) | + | * [[source:symb-glm.tex|glm]] : guillem(e|o)ts, defines [[cmd:leftguillemot|\leftguillemot]], [[cmd:rightguillemot|\rightguillemot]], [[cmd:guilsingleleft|\guilsingleleft]], [[cmd:guilsingleright|\guilsingleright]] (no sets) |
* [[source:symb-jmn.tex|jmn]] : Janusz M. Nowacki's navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-4</tt>) | * [[source:symb-jmn.tex|jmn]] : Janusz M. Nowacki's navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-4</tt>) | ||
* [[source:symb-mis.tex|mis]] : common bullets (no sets, but default definition for enumerations) | * [[source:symb-mis.tex|mis]] : common bullets (no sets, but default definition for enumerations) | ||
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* [[source:symb-nav.tex|nav]] : Hans Hagen's navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-3</tt>) | * [[source:symb-nav.tex|nav]] : Hans Hagen's navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-3</tt>) | ||
* [[source:symb-uni.tex|uni]] : Unicode symbols (including Zapf Dingbats, lots of sets...) | * [[source:symb-uni.tex|uni]] : Unicode symbols (including Zapf Dingbats, lots of sets...) | ||
+ | * [[source:symb-was.tex|was]]: Roland Waldi's symbols (sets <tt>wasy general, music, astronomy, astrology, geometry, physics, apl</tt>; replaces LaTeX's wasysym) | ||
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Revision as of 19:54, 3 January 2007
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
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...)
- was: Roland Waldi's symbols (sets wasy general, music, astronomy, astrology, geometry, physics, apl; replaces LaTeX's wasysym)