worthy relic
Does typst currently have a way of creating symbols? My field of research uses a lot of.. custom symbols.
One example would be this "arrow star"
It is created in latex using the \equiv and \ast symbols, and then resizing and kerning to make them match.
Is anything similar possible in Typst?
shadow marsh
?render
#let identast = $ident #place(dy: -0.85em, dx: -0.65em)[#text(size: 2em, $ast$)]$
$ident ast "vs" identast$
carmine lynxBOT
?render
```rs
#let identast = $ident #place(dy: -0.85em, dx: -0.65em)[#text(size...
shadow marsh
theres gotta be a better way hm
sly trout
Svg would work too if necessary
shadow marsh
yea the part where not all lines of the ident symbol are equal in length/disappear into the asterisk is kinda hard to recreate
worthy relic
yea the part where not all lines of the `ident` symbol are equal in length/disap...
Actually there's an additional - to make the middle line of equiv longer
shadow marsh
ah lol
worthy relic
Ok so place is the thing to use
shadow marsh
yea id try that first
worthy relic
Thank youuuu
keen atlas
?render theme=light ```
#let astar = style((s) => {
set text(font: "New Computer Modern Math")
let ast = text(top-edge: "x-height", sym.ast)
let (w, h) = measure(ast, s).values()
box(width: 1.5 * w, height: h, {
place(left + horizon, dy: -0.03em, line(length: 75%, stroke: 0.03em))
place(left + horizon, dy: -0.11em, line(length: 50%, stroke: 0.03em))
place(left + horizon, dy: +0.05em, line(length: 50%, stroke: 0.03em))
place(right, ast)
})
})
$ a astar b = c ast d $
(yes at this point I might as well go with an svg)
shadow marsh
yea i wanted to use h first too but the baseline is kinda fucky with the increased text size
supple quest
yeah, scrap that idea
keen atlas
yeah baseline's weird af
supple quest
but h should work better because of auto spacing
keen atlas
I wasn't able to get an ast in a box to look like a regular ast
?render $ ast#box(text(top-edge: "x-height", sym.ast))ast $
carmine lynxBOT
?render `$ ast#box(text(top-edge: "x-height", sym.ast))ast $`
keen atlas
old man yells at pixels
worthy relic
impressive, ok
And so much more readable than the latex counterpart hahahahaha
supple quest
how bad does the latex look?
worthy relic
{\displaystyle\equiv\kern-1.6ex-\kern-1.5ex\smash{\scalerel*{\vphantom-\ast}{\sum}}\kern-0.2ex}
exotic lake
?render $\u{273b}$
carmine lynxBOT
?render `$\u{273b}$`
worthy relic
```
{\displaystyle\equiv\kern-1.6ex-\kern-1.5ex\smash{\scalerel*{\vphantom-\ast}...
And it doesn't adapt at all to a change of font
exotic lake
And it doesn't adapt at all to a change of font
it does, it's just that your set font doesn't have the symbol, so it falls back
shadow marsh
?render
#let identast = $ident #h(-0.5em) - #h(-0.5em) #box(baseline: 2.75pt, text(size: 2em, $ast$))$
$a identast b$
shadow marsh
the extra minus
worthy relic
oh you mean latex
yes yes 🙂
shadow marsh
no place
supple quest
the - doesnt match sadly
supple quest
but write something after the identast to show that it doesnt clip
keen atlas
this would honestly be a good use of custom fonts and private area codepoints
dry elk
