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Package pifont:
Access to PostScript standard Symbol and Dingbats fonts.

The package provides commands for Pi fonts (Dingbats, Symbol, etc.); all commands assume you know the character number within the font of the symbol within the font.

The package is distributed as part of the psnfss, which is itself part of the LaTeX ‘required’ set of packages.

Getting it

If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)

Distribution Package name
MiKTeX psnfss
TeX Live psnfss

You can also visit pifont's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.

More

Documentation on CTAN
Readme
Package documentation
Documentation off CTAN -none known-
Maintainers
Sebastian Rahtz (no longer active on this package)
Walter Schmidt
Version 9.2a
License LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.2 or later
Related packages -none recorded-
Keywords
symbols, text
Characterizations
primary:
Fonts > Symbol fonts

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