Latex: use Pirat font for the King's fig instead of Skaknew King's fig

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I'm using chessfss together with xskak package to make game's annotation, my favourite chess font is skaknew, but the figfont for the King look a bit complicated. Is there anyway to use Pirat font for the King fig?

Thanks p/s: I added a picture which I took from quality chess's book. The King's fig look simple very close to pirat font, so I came up with the idea.

[![\documentclass\[parskip\]{scrartcl}
\usepackage\[LSF,T1\]{fontenc}
\usepackage{bookman}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{xskak}
\usepackage{fmtcount}
\usepackage{latexsym}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\pdfmapfile{=chess-enpassant.map}
\setchessboard{
    boardfontfamily=skaknew,
}
\setfigfontfamily{skaknew}
\newcommand\piratking{\makealetter\fontfamily{pirat}\selectfont\cfss@symking}
\renewcommand\symking{{piratking}}
\begin{document}
\newchessgame
\mainline{1.  e4  e5 2.Ke2}
\chessboard
\end{document}]

I presume those are backslashes in the real document. Sorry I can't answer. — Donald Arseneau, Jun 15 '20 at 10:59
Make a complete example. That makes it much easier to test solutions. — Ulrike Fischer, Jun 15 '20 at 11:06
Sorry. I'm writing on the go. I will submit a complete example when I get home. Thanks. — Nguyen Wanderoz, Jun 15 '20 at 11:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '20 at 07:15

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You can redefine the king with

\makeatletter
\renewcommand*\cfss@king@@LSB{{\fontencoding{LSF}\fontfamily{pirat}\selectfont K}}
\makeatother

But the result is rather awful. Compared to the other pieces the king is to narrow, the line width differ, the style is different, the placement too.

answered Jun 16 '20 at 07:15

Ulrike Fischer

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Thank you Mrs @UlrikeFischer. You're right about the styling. I will try to adjust fontsize to see if it could be better. Or else, maybe I will just abandon the idea. – Nguyen Wanderoz Jun 16 '20 at 08:14

Latex: use Pirat font for the King's fig instead of Skaknew King's fig

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