Apparently the font is not found. So make sure that TeX can find the font. Probably you need to check whether the OSFONTDIR is set correctly. Otherwise copy the to a place e.g. texmf-local en run luatools --generate. I hop this helps. Willi On 29 Apr 2010, at 21:53, Vyatcheslav Yatskovsky wrote:

Hi,

Thanks, Willi, for the idea, but I cannot get it to work. My version of the script

\starttext \definefontsynonym[Wingdings][Wingdings.ttf] \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Wingdings}{\char113}] %\def\Check% % {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}

\symbol[box] \stoptext

gives the following error (I have Wingdings.ttf in my Windows/Fonts folder):

!define font : forced type ttf of Wingdings not found !define font : font with name Wingdings is not found !define font : unknown font Wingdings, loading aborted ! Font \thedefinedfont=Wingdings.ttf at 12pt not loadable: metric data not found or bad. <to be read again> \relax \symbolicsizedfont ...cale \scaledfontsize \relax \thedefinedfont \getglyph #1#2->{\symbolicfont {#1} \doifnumberelse {#2}\char \donothing #2} \dodosymbol ...bol \csname \??ss :#1:#2\endcsname \relax }\relax \donormalsymbol ...bol \redosymbol \currentsymbol \fi \fi <to be read again> \stoptext l.8 \stoptext

?

...

The approach to using symbols could be done along the following line:

\definefontsynonym[Dingbats][uzdr] \definesymbol[box][\getglyph{Dingbats}{\char113}] \def\Check% {{\tfa\symbol[box]}}

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