[OS X TeX] A puzzle

[George Gratzer]

Hi Ross,


On May 11, 2014, at 6:28 PM, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi George,
> 
> On 12/05/2014, at 12:59 AM, George Gratzer wrote:
> 
>> I needed a symbol for "swing to", see attachment. How did I do it?
> 
> The symbol you "constructed" already exists in Unicode, 
> and is available in the STIX font set.
> 
> <Screen shot 2014-05-12 at 8.21.52 AM.png>
> 
> Generally you are doing no-one any favours by inventing a completely
> new symbol. It will not be supported in fonts, and has no way to
> be accessible to mathematicians with visual impairment.

Actually, my symbol was as accessible as any other...

But a more important question. How do you get these symbols and how do you use them in LaTeX?

GG

> 
> It is far better to take a good look at what is already available,
> and just invent the new usage case for an existing symbol.
> 
> 
>> 
>> GG
> 
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> 	Ross
> 
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