Huh? Why does it look so different? The \(bs symbol looks more like a black ball with a white shadow even on the original Troff manual, but the link to Wikipedia looks like a bell in a circle.
On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:44 PM, Mike Bianchi <mbian...@foveal.com> wrote: > > .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. > > -- > Mike Bianchi > Foveal Systems > > 973 822-2085 > > mbian...@foveal.com > http://www.AutoAuditorium.com > http://www.FovealMounts.com > >
