Stefano Franchi wrote: > Dear Lyxers, > > I realize this is way off-topic, but there is so much expertise on this > list, I thought I could ask anyway. > > I need to create a few idiosyncratic symbols (three, to be exact) and my > efforts to produce them by superimposing existing glyphs with TeX low > level > commands have produced horrible results. I think it would be easier to > modify a font by adding somewhere the three symbols I need. >
For simple symbols, I have used a tikz macro. If you can draw the symbol with the tikz drawing primitives, it is easier than Metapost. The problam with this solution is that it messes with LaTeX spacing algorithm and you could get some strange results. Cheers, Charles
