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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/dictsym/dictsym.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/dictsym/dictsym.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e94884ac2ea --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/dictsym/dictsym.tex @@ -0,0 +1,64 @@ +%% dictsym.tex +%% Copyright 2004 Walter Schmidt +% +% This work may be distributed and/or modified under the +% conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, either version 1.3 +% of this license or (at your option) any later version. +% The latest version of this license is in +% http://www.latex-project.org/lppl.txt +% and version 1.3 or later is part of all distributions of LaTeX +% version 2003/12/01 or later. +% +% This work has the LPPL maintenance status "maintained". +% +% This Current Maintainer of this work is Walter Schmidt <w.a.schmidt@gmx.net> +% +% This work consists of the files dictsym.sty and dictsym.tex +% and the compiled file dictsym.pdf. +% +\documentclass[11pt]{ltxguide}[1995/11/28] +\usepackage[scaled=1.5]{dictsym} + +% a bit of logical markup: +\newcommand{\Lpack}[1]{\textsf{#1}} + +\title{The \Lpack{dictsym} package for \LaTeX} +\author{Walter Schmidt} +\date{version 2.0\,$\beta$ -- 2004-07-26} + +\begin{document} +\maketitle\thispagestyle{empty} + +The PostScript font `DictSym' (designed by Georg Verweyen) provides a +number of symbols commonly found in dictionaries. +The macro package +\Lpack{dictsym} serves to use of this font with \LaTeX{}. It provides +the following commands to print the symbols of the font: + +\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.5} +\begin{tabular}{ll@{\qquad}ll} + \dsarchitectural &|\dsarchitectural| & \dsmathematical &|\dsmathematical| \\ + \dsbiological &|\dsbiological| & \dsrailways &|\dsrailways| \\ + \dschemical &|\dschemical| & \dstechnical &|\dstechnical| \\ + \dsagricultural &|\dsagricultural| & \dsmilitary &|\dsmilitary| \\ + \dsheraldical &|\dsheraldical| & \dsaeronautical &|\dsaeronautical| \\ + \dsjuridical &|\dsjuridical| & \dscommercial &|\dscommercial| \\ + \dsliterary &|\dsliterary| & \dsmedical &|\dsmedical| \\ +\end{tabular} + +By default, the symbols are typeset at the same nominal font size +as the surrounding text. When the package is loaded with the option +\texttt{[scaled=}\m{scale}\texttt{]}, +the DictSym font will be scaled by the indicated factor. For instance, +\begin{quote} + |\usepackage[scaled=1.1]{dictsym}| +\end{quote} +will enlarge the symbols by 10\%. +Thus, you can make the `dictionary symbols' match exactly the optical +appearance of the surrounding typeface. The above table shows the +symbols at 150\% of their natural size. + + +\end{document} + + |