Frank: Iris is the one I asked about a telephone glyph in latex years
ago, while hacking my resume.
I'd like to share my experiences as a naive user trying to get that
telephone glyph into my resume.
I created a small file for testing, tel.tex.
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\begin{document}
\ding{37}
\end{document}
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First, Linux:
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(martin@lasker) ~/i/resume $ /usr/bin/latex tel.tex
warning: kpathsea: No usable entries in /usr/share/texmf/ls-R.
warning: kpathsea: See the manual for how to generate ls-R.
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2)
(tel.tex
LaTeX2e <1998/12/01> patch level 1
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 1997/10/10 v1.3x Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
! LaTeX Error: File `pifont.sty' not found.
Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
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Ok, let's try another machine (Solaris):
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(martin@aix) ~/i/resume $ latex tel.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.2)
(tel.tex
LaTeX2e <1998/06/01>
(/usr/local/lib/tex/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 1998/05/05 v1.3y Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/lib/tex/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/local/lib/tex/texmf/tex/platex/base/pifont.sty
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `U/pzd/m/n' undefined
(Font) using `U/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 60.
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `U/psy/m/n' undefined
(Font) using `U/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 61.
) (tel.aux) [1] (tel.aux)
LaTeX Font Warning: Some font shapes were not available, defaults substituted.
)
Output written on tel.dvi (1 page, 216 bytes).
Transcript written on tel.log.
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Hmmm, that got further. It had the package, but apparently not the
font.
Detour to install teTeX 1.0.7....
Let's try AIX:
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(martin@aix) ~/i/resume $ latex tel.tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.1)
(tel.tex
LaTeX2e <1999/12/01> patch level 1
Babel <v3.6Z> and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, n
ohyphenation, loaded.
(/project/mule/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 1999/09/10 v1.4a Standard LaTeX document class
(/project/mule/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/project/mule/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/pifont.sty
(/project/mule/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/upzd.fd)
(/project/mule/teTeX/share/texmf/tex/latex/psnfss/upsy.fd)) (tel.aux) [1]
(tel.aux) )
Output written on tel.dvi (1 page, 256 bytes).
Transcript written on tel.log.
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Success!! But wait, a dvi file by itself is not enough...
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(martin@aix) ~/i/resume $ LANG=C xdvi tel.dvi
Could not load program xdvi.bin:
Dependent module /usr/lib/libXt.a(shr.o) could not be loaded.
Member shr.o is not found in archive
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Hmmm. A shared library build glitch.
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(martin@aix) /usr/lpp/X11/lib/R6 $ ar tv libXt.a
rw-rw---- 2715/300 3872 Jun 16 04:13 1999 sharedlib.o
rw-rw---- 2715/300 4257 Jun 16 04:13 1999 sharedlib_64.o
rw-r--r-- 2/2 624928 Dec 08 12:16 1999 shr4.o
rw-r--r-- 2/2 772522 Dec 08 12:16 1999 shr_64.o
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That shouldn't happen on a more
common platform. So back to teTeX on Solaris:
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(martin@polgar) ~/i/resume $ xdvi tel.dvi
kpathsea: Running mktexpk --mfmode ljfour --bdpi 600 --mag 1+0/600 --dpi 600 pzdr
mktexpk: Running gsftopk pzdr 600
gsftopk(k) version 1.17
gs: No such file or directory
gs terminated abnormally with status 1
grep: pzdr.log: No such file or directory
mktexpk: `gsftopk pzdr 600' failed to make pzdr.600pk.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
xdvi.bin: can't find font pzdr; using cmr10 instead at 600 dpi.
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Oh well :-(
But we don't really need to use xdvi. We only need dvips.
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(martin@polgar) ~/i/resume $ dvips -o tel.ps tel.dvi
This is dvips(k) 5.86 Copyright 1999 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
' TeX output 2001.04.20:1657' -> tel.ps
<texc.pro><texps.pro>. [1]
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That was easy.
But polgar doesn't have a gv. Back to Linux.
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(martin@lasker) ~/i/resume $ gv tel.ps
VFlib: Cannot open the font `min'.
Unexpected interpreter error -1.
Error object:
Unrecoverable error: unknownerror in kfVFlib
Operand stack:
min 0 10273 0 10273 c21 Private
(f80)op(510:kfVFlib)0x80a9000Operand stack at 0x81c41a0:
0x81cbeb4: 0x0d name --S------ 0x05a8 0x0820a6c0 = Private
0x81cbebc: 0x0d name --S------ 0x0d25 0x08502fd0 = c21
0x81cbec4: 0x0b int --F------ 0x01e2 0x00002821 = 10273
0x81cbecc: 0x0b int --F------ 0x0d7a 0x00000000 = 0
0x81cbed4: 0x0b int --F------ 0x01e2 0x00002821 = 10273
0x81cbedc: 0x0b int --F------ 0x0d7a 0x00000000 = 0
0x81cbee4: 0x12 str
Error: PostScript interpreter failed in main window.
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:-(
But this is a resume. I don't really need to view it on my monitor.
Maybe this postscript file is printable. But my Linux box never got
printing properly installed. I'm back to a Solaris box.
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(martin@mule) ~/i/resume $ lp tel.ps
request id is mulealw-3 (1 file)
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Amazingly, this actually succeeded in printing a real telephone glyph!
But it shouldn't be this hard.
I'm now thinking that, much as I love that telephone symbol, and as
much as I enjoyed this hacking session, I'd better keep my document
portable and viewable and printable, so I'd better leave it out.
Martin
Martin,
> The bonsai unfortunately, shows no signs of life. Probably not enough
> sun. We will try to find a new home, perhaps liberating it from its
> clay prison.
the latter makes it a non-bonsai i fair
> ObLatex: I don't remember if I mentioned this... When I first
> converted my resume to Latex, the only feature I had to give up was a
> cute little telephone glyph. My previous resume used the markup
> &TEL., which I had to change to a literal "Tel." Probably this
> feature was or is available in Latex today, but I didn't know where to
> find it.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pifont}
\begin{document}
See \LaTeX{} Companion page 336--337
\newcommand\telephonesign{\ding{37}}
\newcommand\alttelephonesign{\ding{38}}
\newcommand\lettersign{\ding{41}}
\noindent
\telephonesign{} +49 6131 368444 \\
\alttelephonesign{} +49 6131 366983 \\
\lettersign{} Zedernweg 62, 55128 Mainz, Germany
cheers
Frank
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