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How to install font symbols' packages (like ifsym) in teTeX?

Friday, August 29, 2008.

It's so easy to generate and set up a new .sty file.

But how can we install a font/symbol package like ifsym ?

Is this a general method ?

1. create a directory $TEXMF/fonts/sources/public/ifsym
2. copy all the *.mf *.gen to this directory
3. create a directory $TEXMF/tex/latex/ifsym
4. copy all the *sty *.fd to this directory
5. Add the following lines to the file: $TEXMF/fontname/special.map

   ifsym public ifsym
   ifgeo public ifsym
   ifwea public ifsym
   ifclk public ifsym

6. update the TeX file database by running texhash or whatever your Tex imprementation provides.
7. create a document:

   \documentclass{article}
   \usepackage[geometry]{ifsym}
   \begin{document}
   \Circle
   \SquareShadowA
   \end{document}

8. Run LaTeX, if everything is fine, you should see a dvi that has a big circle and a big square shaded with a simple line at bottom and right of the square.

(See: http://www.tug.org/pipermail/tugindia/2001-August/000056.html)

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