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-<head>
-<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label usesymb</title>
-</head><body>
-<h3>Using symbols</h3>
-<p/>Most symbol font sets come with a package that defines commands for
-every symbol in the font. While this is convenient, it can lead to
-difficulties, particularly with name clashes when you load packages
-that cover fonts which duplicate symbols &#8212; an issue which is
-discussed in
-
- &#8220;<a href="FAQ-alreadydef.html">symbol already defined</a>&#8221;.
-Some font sets (for example, <i>MnSymbol</i>) are huge, and the
-accompanying macros cover so many symbols that name clashes are surely
-a serious problem.
-<p/>The <i>pifont</i> package (originally designed to use the Adobe
-<i>Zapf Dingbats</i> font) avoids this sort of problem: it requires
-you to know the font position of any symbol you want to use (the
-documentation provides font tables). The basic command is
-<code>\</code><code>ding{</code><em>number</em><code>}</code> for a single symbol; there are commands for
-other fancier uses. <i>Pifont</i> also allows you to select other
-fonts, for similar use.
-<p/>The <i>yagusylo</i> describes itself as &#8220;an extended version of
-<i>pifont</i>, gone technicolor&#8221;. It provides all the facilities
-of <i>pifont</i>, but allows you to create your own mnemonic names
-for symbols. Thus, while you can say
-<code>\</code><code>yagding[</code><em>family</em><code>]{</code><em>symbol number</em><code>}</code>[colour], you can also
-define symbol names with <code>\</code><code>defdingname</code>, and then use them
-with <code>\</code><code>yagding*{</code><em>symbol name</em><code>}</code> (the defined name carries the
-font family and colour specified in the arguments of
-<code>\</code><code>defdingname</code>).
-<p/><i>Yagusylo</i> is somewhat complicated, but its documentation is
-clear; it is probably the best tool to use for picking and choosing
-symbols from a variety of font families.
-<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>mnsymbol fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/mnsymbol.zip">fonts/mnsymbol</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/fonts/mnsymbol/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/mnsymbol.html">catalogue entry</a>
-<dt><tt><i>pifont.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/psnfss.zip">macros/latex/required/psnfss</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/psnfss/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/psnfss.html">catalogue entry</a>
-<dt><tt><i>yagusylo.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/yagusylo.zip">macros/latex/contrib/yagusylo</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/yagusylo/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/yagusylo.html">catalogue entry</a>
-</dl>
-<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=usesymb">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=usesymb</a>
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