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@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
| THE COMPREHENSIVE LATEX SYMBOL LIST |
| By Scott Pakin, scott+clsl@pakin.org |
| |
- | 05 May 2021 |
+ | 3 January 2024 |
+--------------------------------------+
-The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List is an organized list of over 18100
+The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List is an organized list of over 20300
symbols commonly available to LaTeX users. Some of these symbols are
guaranteed to be available in every TeX distribution. Others require
font files that come with some, but not all, TeX distributions. The
rest require font files that must be downloaded explicitly from CTAN
(http://www.ctan.org/) and installed. The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol
-List currently showcases symbols from 213 separate typefaces.
+List currently showcases symbols from 225 separate typefaces.
The same directory that contains this README file also contains
SYMLIST (an ASCII list of symbols that appear in the symbols list) and
@@ -24,17 +24,14 @@ the document lists the packages that were unavailable during the
build.
The prebuilt versions of the symbol list use primarily Type 1 fonts.
-Type 1 fonts are scalable and should look good at any resolution and
-on any output device. However, some of the fonts used by symbols.tex
-are available only in a METAFONT-generated bitmap format. The
-prebuilt symbol lists utilize 1200 DPI versions of all of the
-bitmapped fonts as 1200 DPI is a reasonably high printer resolution.
-Unfortunately, older (pre-6.0) versions of Adobe Acrobat render
-bitmapped fonts positively dreadfully on screen. Nevertheless, all
-versions of Acrobat manage to *print* bitmapped fonts with no trouble.
+Type 1 fonts are scalable and should look good at any resolution and on
+any output device. However, some of the fonts used by symbols.tex are
+available only in a METAFONT-generated bitmap format. The prebuilt
+symbol lists utilize 1200 DPI versions of all of the bitmapped fonts as
+1200 DPI is a reasonably high printer resolution and therefore should
+obscure the artifacts of bitmap rendering.
-The bitmapped fonts used to prepare the PDF versions of the symbol
-list are the following:
+The following bitmapped fonts were used to typeset the symbol list:
ark10.mf astrosym.mf bbm10.mf
bbm9.mf bbmss10.mf bbmtt10.mf
@@ -50,27 +47,28 @@ list are the following:
go2whi10.mf greenpoint.mf hands.mf
ifclk10.mf ifgeo10.mf ifsym10.mf
ifwea10.mf igoblacki8.mf igoblacki9.mf
- igoblackiii8.mf igoblackiii9.mf igowhitei8.mf
- igowhitei9.mf igowhiteiii8.mf igowhiteiii9.mf
- knot1.mf knot2.mf knot3.mf
- knot4.mf knot5.mf knot6.mf
- knot7.mf lightbulb10.mf magic.mf
- mbb10.mf mbb9.mf milstd.mf
- moonphase.mf nkarta.mf shuffle10.mf
- simpsons.mf skull.mf soyombo.mf
- soyombot.mf trsy10.mf ulsy10.mf
- wnr10.mf wnr9.mf wsuipa10.mf
+ igoblackiii8.mf igoblackiii9.mf igowhitei9.mf
+ igowhiteiii9.mf knot1.mf knot2.mf
+ knot3.mf knot4.mf knot5.mf
+ knot6.mf knot7.mf lightbulb10.mf
+ magic.mf mbb10.mf mbb9.mf
+ milstd.mf moonphase.mf nkarta.mf
+ shuffle10.mf simpsons.mf skull.mf
+ soyombo.mf soyombot.mf trsy10.mf
+ ulsy10.mf wnr10.mf wsuipa10.mf
wsuipa9.mf
-For completeness, these are the scalable fonts used in the PDF
-versions of the symbol list:
+For completeness, the following scalable fonts (some converted from
+OpenType to PostScript Type 1) were used to typeset the symbol list:
ASCII.pfb (ASCII)
ArevSans-Roman.pfb (Arev Sans)
ArrowsADF.pfb (Arrows ADF)
+ Asap-Symbol.pfb (Asap Symbol)
BulletsADF.pfb (Bullets ADF)
DSSerif-Bold.pfb (Double Struck Serif Bold)
DSSerif.pfb (Double Struck Serif)
+ EBGaramond-Italic.pfb (EB Garamond Italic)
Epi-Olmec.pfb (Epi-Olmce)
FdSymbolA-Book.pfb (FdSymbolA-Book)
FdSymbolB-Book.pfb (FdSymbolB-Book)
@@ -79,15 +77,20 @@ versions of the symbol list:
FdSymbolD-Book.pfb (FdSymbolD-Book)
FdSymbolE-Book.pfb (FdSymbolE-Book)
FdSymbolF-Book.pfb (FdSymbolF-Book)
- FontAwesome.pfb (FontAwesome)
+ FontAwesome5Brands-Reg (Font Awesome 5 Brands Regular)
+ FontAwesome5Free-Regul (Font Awesome 5 Free Regular)
+ FontAwesome5Free-Solid (Font Awesome 5 Free Solid)
+ HamNoSysUnicode.ttf (Hamnosysunicode)
LinearA.pfb (LinearA)
LinearACmplxSigns.pfb (LinearACmplxSigns)
+ Logix.pfb (Logix)
MnSymbol10.pfb (MnSymbol10)
OrnementsADF.pfb (Ornements ADF)
SVRsymbols.pfb (SVRsymbols)
SkakNew-Diagram.pfb (SkakNew-Diagram)
SkakNew-Figurine.pfb (SkakNew-Figurine)
WebOMintsGD.pfb (WebOMints GD)
+ academicons.ttf (Academicons)
ar10.pfb (ar10)
ar9.pfb (ar9)
arrow.pfb (arrow)
@@ -119,8 +122,8 @@ versions of the symbol list:
cmr5.pfb (CMR5)
cmr6.pfb (CMR6)
cmr7.pfb (CMR7)
- cmr8.pfb (CMR8)
cmr9.pfb (CMR9)
+ cmrj.pfb (Computer Modern Figured Bass)
cmss10.pfb (CMSS10)
cmss17.pfb (CMSS17)
cmss8.pfb (CMSS8)
@@ -133,10 +136,8 @@ versions of the symbol list:
cmsy8.pfb (CMSY8)
cmsy9.pfb (CMSY9)
cmti10.pfb (CMTI10)
- cmti7.pfb (CMTI7)
cmti9.pfb (CMTI9)
cmtt10.pfb (CMTT10)
- cmtt12.pfb (CMTT12)
cmtt8.pfb (CMTT8)
cmtt9.pfb (CMTT9)
cmupint.pfb (cmupint)
@@ -151,12 +152,12 @@ versions of the symbol list:
eufm10.pfb (EUFM10)
eufm7.pfb (EUFM7)
eurm10.pfb (EURM10)
- eurm7.pfb (EURM7)
eusm10.pfb (EUSM10)
eusm7.pfb (EUSM7)
feymr10.pfb (TeX feymr10 Regular)
fgeit10.pfb (fgeit10)
fgerm10.pfb (fgerm10)
+ font-mfizz.ttf (font-mfizz)
fourier-alt.pfb (Fourier-Alternate-Roman)
fourier-mcl.pfb (Fourier-Math-Cal)
fourier-mex.pfb (Fourier-Math-Extension)
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ versions of the symbol list:
linb10.pfb (Archaic Linear B)
line10.pfb (LINE10)
lmr10.pfb (LMRoman10-Regular)
- lmr9.pfb (LMRoman9-Regular)
logo10.pfb (LOGO10)
logo9.pfb (LOGO9)
logosl10.pfb (LOGOSL10)
@@ -202,12 +202,11 @@ versions of the symbol list:
msbm10.pfb (MSBM10)
msbm7.pfb (MSBM7)
msym10.pfb (MSYM10)
- musix11.pfb (TeXMUSIX11-Regular)
- musix13.pfb (TeXMUSIX13-Regular)
- musix16.pfb (TeXMUSIX16-Regular)
- musix20.pfb (TeXMUSIX20-Regular)
+ musix11.pfb (musix11)
+ musix13.pfb (musix13)
+ musix16.pfb (musix16)
+ musix20.pfb (musix20)
oasy10.pfb (OAMathSymbols10)
- oasy9.pfb (OAMathSymbols9)
phaistos.pfb (phaistos)
plimsoll.pfb (Plimsoll)
pmhg.pfb (Archaic Poor Mans Hieroglyphs)
@@ -220,9 +219,13 @@ versions of the symbol list:
rtcxr.pfb (rtcxr)
sarab10.pfb (Archaic South Arabian)
sfbx0700.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
+ sfbx0800.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
sfbx1000.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
sfbx1200.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
sfbx1440.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
+ sfbx2074.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
+ sfbx2488.pfb (Computer Modern Bold Extended)
+ sfcc0700.pfb (Computer Modern Caps and Small Caps)
sfcc0900.pfb (Computer Modern Caps and Small Caps)
sfcc1000.pfb (Computer Modern Caps and Small Caps)
sfrm0500.pfb (Computer Modern Roman)
@@ -275,7 +278,10 @@ versions of the symbol list:
txmia.pfb (txmia)
txsy.pfb (txsy)
txsyc.pfb (txsyc)
+ typicons.ttf (Typicons)
uhvb8a.pfb (Nimbus Sans L Bold)
+ uhvbo8a.pfb (Nimbus Sans L Bold Italic)
+ uhvr8a.pfb (Nimbus Sans L Regular)
umranda.pfb (umranda)
umrandb.pfb (umrandb)
usyr.pfb (Standard Symbols L)
@@ -284,12 +290,11 @@ versions of the symbol list:
uzcmi8a.pfb (URW Chancery L Medium Italic)
uzdr.pfb (Dingbats)
vect10.pfb (TeX vect10 Regular)
- vect9.pfb (TeX vect9 Regular)
vnr10.pfb (VNR10)
vnr9.pfb (VNR9)
wasy10.pfb (wasy10)
wasy9.pfb (wasy9)
- xgreg20.pfb (TeXXGREG20-Regular)
+ xgreg20.pfb (xgreg20)
yfrak.pfb (Yannis Fraktur Regular)
ygoth.pfb (Yannis Gotisch Regular)
yhcmex.pfb (Yhcmex)