Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 21:51:14 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: OT-Unicode character to metafont? Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcPpmOP88oeUhxVo6tZY=mVLqFZXocc%2BEZORntbWe98kmg@mail.gmail.com>
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Dear fellow FreeBSD users, If one is to include a Unicode character in a latex document one needs to typeset it with xelatex. Xelatex is only available for texlive. I prefer to use latex+dvips+ps2pdf to process documents. I want to include a soccerball character in a Tex/latex document next to a soccer player's name. There is a character available https://m.unicode-table.com/en/26BD/ Sorry for the m here, but sending this from Android phone. I would like to kindly ask if there is a way to convert that character to metafont and include it in my documents? I have tried creating a soccerball using metapost, but have not succeeded. I have tried tikz/pgf but not all my machines have texlive-full nor the Unicode characters. It seems to me that metafont would be the best option, but how to use the specs to generate it. There is Java code in http://www.hoist-point.com/soccerball.htm But it only works in creating an exact ball but for a web browser with Java/jre or openjdk available. An example for this world cup would be Cristiano Ronaldo \sb \sb \sb because he scored 3 goals Denis Cheryshev \sb \sb \sb \sb 4 goals Lionel Messi \sb \sb 2 goals, Etc. This way xelatex would not be needed \sb is a soccerball character in metafont. I have tried converting the character to an EPS file and including the graphic, but it does not look nice. It would look nice in html, but it would be nicer using the power of \TeX{} or \LaTeX{}. Best Regards, Antonio
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