Hi Carsten, > Yes, it's somehow a groff "bug". Could also be named a bug that this > glyph has a so different appearence in bold face at traditional troff, > but groff should be compatible with legacy troff (with its bugs also > ;-)
I've opened https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?42473 to track it. > > > Is there a way to get the standard (UNIX V7) behaviour of a solid > > > filled bold \(sq? > > > > For what output devices? > > At least for postscript output, if possible. tmac/ps.tmac does .fchar \[sq] \h'.05m'\D'l .5m 0'\D'l 0 -.5m'\D'l -.5m 0'\D'l 0 .5m'\h'.55m' and the PostScript output here suggests that's being used. You can use it as the basis for your own filled drawing, and if you figure out the appropriate .*char request, have it in place for bold AIUI. > (To have it some day for postscript \fB\(sq also would be very nice > (for compatibility reasons).) Agreed. Cheers, Ralph.
