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You can use the command line tool albatross (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol. For example, on my s...
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#6: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2024-10-09T19:53:52Z (2 months ago)
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross 🅭 🄍 🅯 🄎 🄏
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyphs with code points [1F16D], [1F10D], [1F16F], [1F10E], [1F10F]
- mapping to [🅭, 🄍, 🅯, 🄎, 🄏] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyphs. Testing them in a document indeed shows the symbols:
- 
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross 🅭 🄍 🅯 🄎 🄏
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyphs with code points [1F16D], [1F10D], [1F16F], [1F10E], [1F10F]
- mapping to [🅭, 🄍, 🅯, 🄎, 🄏] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyphs. Testing them in a document indeed shows the symbols:
- 
- You can get the font from https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode (licensed under OFL-1.1 license).
- ---
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
#5: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2024-10-09T19:45:05Z (2 months ago)
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross 🅭 🄍 🅯 🄎 🄏
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyphs with code points [1F16D], [1F10D], [1F16F], [1F10E], [1F10F]
- mapping to [🅭, 🄍, 🅯, 🄎, 🄏] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyphs.- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross 🅭 🄍 🅯 🄎 🄏
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyphs with code points [1F16D], [1F10D], [1F16F], [1F10E], [1F10F]
- mapping to [🅭, 🄍, 🅯, 🄎, 🄏] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyphs. Testing them in a document indeed shows the symbols:
- 
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
#4: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2024-10-09T19:41:05Z (2 months ago)
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
albatross <0001f16d>- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
Unicode glyph with code points [1F16D]mapping to [🅭] (AND search)- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyph.- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross 🅭 🄍 🅯 🄎 🄏
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyphs with code points [1F16D], [1F10D], [1F16F], [1F10E], [1F10F]
- mapping to [🅭, 🄍, 🅯, 🄎, 🄏] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyphs.
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
#3: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2024-10-09T19:24:20Z (2 months ago)
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross <0001f16d>
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyph with code points [1F16D]
- mapping to [🅭] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyph.
The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex.
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross <0001f16d>
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyph with code points [1F16D]
- mapping to [🅭] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyph.
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex. Alternatively, you could try to directly download the `.jar` file from CTAN (https://ctan.org/tex-archive/support/albatross/scripts).
#2: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2024-10-09T16:48:41Z (2 months ago)
You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which fonts on your system contain a given symbol.- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross <0001f16d>
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyph with code points [1F16D]
- mapping to [🅭] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex.
- You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which of the fonts you already have on your system, contain a given symbol.
- For example, on my system:
- ```
- albatross <0001f16d>
- __ __ __
- .---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
- | _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
- |___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
- Unicode glyph with code points [1F16D]
- mapping to [🅭] (AND search)
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Font name │
- ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
- │ .LastResort │
- │ Fira Code Bold │
- │ Fira Code Medium │
- │ Fira Code Regular │
- │ Fira Code Retina │
- │ Fira Code SemiBold │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- ```
- which shows that `Fira Code` font has the glyph.
- The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex.
#1: Initial revision
by
samcarter
·
2024-10-09T16:46:02Z (2 months ago)
You can use the command line tool `albatross` (https://gitlab.com/islandoftex/albatross/) to find out which fonts on your system contain a given symbol.
For example, on my system:
```
albatross <0001f16d>
__ __ __
.---.-.| | |--.---.-.| |_.----.-----.-----.-----.
| _ || | _ | _ || _| _| _ |__ --|__ --|
|___._||__|_____|___._||____|__| |_____|_____|_____|
Unicode glyph with code points [1F16D]
mapping to [🅭] (AND search)
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Font name │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ .LastResort │
│ Fira Code Bold │
│ Fira Code Medium │
│ Fira Code Regular │
│ Fira Code Retina │
│ Fira Code SemiBold │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
The easiest way to install albatross is probably via a tex distribution like texlive or miktex.