From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Aug 21 02:51:16 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EF461086710 for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x243.google.com (mail-vk0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3839C8ECAD for ; Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:51:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x243.google.com with SMTP id s17-v6so7536662vke.10 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:51:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=NmWvysS09U8tgeP14h4NovAcNEPzvM7tRZOYSDkQgFE=; b=h4pur0ST+omLYP/OaHJ9ls5y//9qqnkDoma5LiPvCdAt2vhyEPpRZEwrZrgl0HcRGg EtPbus+cK9LSgYR/aJe6748vxPZcZEadph/ItS2d/THhoL3TrjaBDTrBxvxmwXSATCeh UV4i0Ms7Hk1k+JGY5HQZyY8QqjzksoXkATuAzqEiQTOexJ0Qo/4zI06g8GyGBxDhzvM/ syHOU91E0AnMjTAYG0UH41go18/WcPSdKgjnPTzjwfNV5Wfgzm2gySoGiHiGzpb/L26+ EJm+4DQbvEAfibnJL17GVkmsF3sN6N5oP8epkmELoCf+FAPKCM1m4veLFtO3lEip3No9 LR9w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=NmWvysS09U8tgeP14h4NovAcNEPzvM7tRZOYSDkQgFE=; b=KSuriOmu1auWCL9wMGFwkZIBDPCfkDM2MosTFiXa3mnEbO+EYFMcKukCJp9j5iTtkx nTnHVIIh7OOl45MlwXYhpeEIH8sEVNGljbf0J8SvqcE1mfKaiRpf7rGBbKoh+BWMMyZv b120DMqlCEe6fCw0a96vj4RkFQ5mW8DU+JGq/HsnbnpXyqhLxp0JU7zebFlB4mb+GLxt uNNpL+/0ccXxlgXy1aUa0A0PQ/kgkQfwfDR4R1ntcZFgSdJtEdbplz+Fl24k998TwS+o Nqe5t946sWlniOWp2jLVZV4qZGaq+Vwa5TVjfLwzMK4NUlAG6SNvttC9XaK9HUBM5rIg 8iAA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlHxAd1ygtAbg8rWwWKUJKTDLl4TA4TJle6FCZX6iNVFCvHcqH6+ RMGJ5r1RhiBCtBAeYjTl7qPgLFhLsFvcdZxbs2/Wdc4exbYXSQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPy7sQoHM8Ll5GeGs+K7FtCi5dVkpb8NJg5TLU9jTR+2NODOVu1MUPhb8eilqLz6da/b/b6zx7HFPkdMQ7sNQb4= X-Received: by 2002:a1f:b715:: with SMTP id h21-v6mr31735825vkf.96.1534819874926; Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:51:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a9f:33d2:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:51:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Antonio Olivares Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 21:51:14 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: OT-Unicode character to metafont? To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 02:51:16 -0000 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