> .char \(bs \X'ps: import ATandTlogo.ps 9 4 109 104 10000'\h'1m'
> .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------
> .sp 3c
> This is the AT&T death star: \(bs.
Back in the day (read "the 1970s") \(bs was the "Bell System" logo.
It was a glyph in the Symbol font. And it looked like:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Bell_System_hires_1969_logo_blue.svg
Is there a way to turn that into a glyph in a groff font?
Mike
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 01:01:27AM +0100, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
>
> > Sorry if the context is out of the ordinary, but I would
> > like to have some specifications of the \(bs symbol, which
> > does not seem to exist on Groff. I am quite certain that
> > it can be recreated using Troff's drawing primitives, but
> > I can't seem to get it quite right. Perhaps someone has
> > the exact or an almost exact specification saved somewhere?
>
> If you're okay with Postscript, then I'd suggest embedding
> this as an external graphic, instead of trying do draw it
> with groff primitives. See the attached files as an example.
> I copied the drawing instructions for the logo verbatim from
> the Troff User's Manual (the Plan 9 edition, I think, since
> it's set in Lucida Sans), so I guess it's somewhat of an
> "official" rendering, although the coordinates are probably
> munged a bit as a result of embedding in the PDF.
>
>
> .\"
> .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------
> .char \(bs \X'ps: import ATandTlogo.ps 9 4 109 104 10000'\h'1m'
> .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------
> .sp 3c
> This is the AT&T death star: \(bs.
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