Re: [groff] How does one recreate the \(bs symbol?

[Stephanie Björk]

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 <address@hidden> 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.
>
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