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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:
You can override the existing symbols used at different levels in itemized lists by redefining the existing symbol numbers, with code like the following:<texcodecontext source="yes">
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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 < [[Visuals]]tt>symb-bla</tt> file with:
<texcode>
\usesymbols[bla]
</texcode>
Given a symbol <tt>Snowman</tt> defined in a symbolset <tt>Weather Symbols</tt>in that file, you could typeset the symbol with:
<texcode>
\setupsymbolset [Weather Symbols]
\symbol [Snowman]
</texcode>
Or, alternatively, you don't need to load the entire symbolset:
<texcode>
\symbol[Weather Symbols][Snowman]
</texcode>
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
\item item
\stopitemize
</texcodecontext> ===Which (free) font contains some symbol?=== * [http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/comprehensive/symbols-a4.pdf comprehensive] list of symbols in TeX fonts* [http://www.unicode.org/charts/symbols.html Unicode slots] of symbols* [[Symbols/utf8|handy UTF-8 list]] ===Predefined Symbol Sets=== (Try {{cmd|showsymbolset}}<tt>[some set]</tt>!) * [[source:symb-imp-cc.mkiv|cc]] : [https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/ Creative Commons] logos, set <tt>cc</tt>* [[source:symb-imp-cow.mkiv|cow]] : Cow-TeX logos, sets <tt>cownormal</tt> and <tt>cowcontour</tt>* [[source:symb-imp-eur.mkiv|eur]] : Adobe Euro (Serif|Sans|Mono), defines the <tt>euro</tt>symbol (no sets)* [[source:symb-imp-jmn.mkiv|jmn]] : Janusz M. Nowacki’s navigational symbols (sets <tt>navigation 1-4</tt>)* [[source:symb-imp-mis.mkiv|mis]] : common bullets (no sets, but default definition for enumerations)* [[source:symb-imp-mvs.mkiv|mvs]] : [[Symbols/mvs|Martin Vogel’s Symbols]] (sets <tt>astronomic, zodiac, europe, martinvogel 1-2</tt>; replaces LaTeX’s `marvosym`)* [[source:symb-imp-nav.mkiv|nav]] : Hans Hagen’s [[Symbols/nav|navigational symbols]] (sets <tt>navigation 1-3</tt>)* [[source:symb-imp-was.mkiv|was]]: Roland Waldi’s symbols (sets <tt>wasy general, music, astronomy, astrology, geometry</tt>; replaces LaTeX’s `wasysym`) <contextsource="yes">\starttext
\usesymbols[mvs]
\definesymbol[1][{bTABLE\symbol[martinvogel 2][PointingHand]}]bTR\definesymbolbTD\showsymbolset[2astronomic][{\symbol[martinvogel 2][CheckedBox]}]eTD\startitemizebTD\showsymbolset[packedzodiac]\eTD\item item \item item bTD\startitemizeshowsymbolset[packedeurope]\eTD \item item bTD\item item \stopitemizeshowsymbolset[martinvogel 1] \item itemeTD\stopitemizeeTR\stoptexteTABLE
</context>
=== See also ===
* The commands in category [[:Category:Commands/Symbols|Commands/Symbols]].
* Create your symbol with [[symbolset]]
[[Category:Fonts]]
[[Category:Symbols]]
