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I am trying to use the /pifont package to typeset magic the gathering symbols and keep getting the following error:

Font U/magic/m/n/12=magic at 12.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found. \Pisymbol{magic}{66}.

Below is my code:

\title{MTG}
\author{Michael Dykes}

\usepackage{pifont}
\DeclareFontFamily{U}{magic}{}
\DeclareFontShape{U}{magic}{m}{n}{<-> magic}{}


\begin{document}


\maketitle


\Pisymbol{magic}{66}


\end{document}

I am not sure what to do to fix this. I downloaded the pifont package and installed it in

/usr/share/local/texmf

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Michael Dykes
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  • You will need a dingbat font (also called 'pifont' because it usually has Greek letters for math) that contains the symbols. pifont package lets you access a specific character in a (Type1) font, like the Delta (Δ) in the psy (Symbol) font family. What were you looking at (what font file?) that made you think the character you want is in position 66? – Cicada Nov 15 '20 at 06:22
  • There's a (truetype) dingbat font at: (http://www.thealmightyguru.com/GameFonts/Series-MagicTheGathering.html). – Cicada Nov 15 '20 at 06:56

2 Answers2

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A .ttf truetype font installed as a system font needs fontspec package and compiling with either xelatex/lualatex.

The dingbat font just replaces (some of) the ordinary letters on the keyboard with symbols. So, when the font is active in the document, typing B will give you the symbol sitting in position 66.

dingbat

MWE

%Code adapted from:
%https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23863/generating-a-table-of-glyphs-with-xetex
\documentclass[landscape]{article}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{fontspec}
%\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\newfontface\fmedi{MagicMedieval}
\newfontface\fsymb{MagicSymbols}

\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.4pt}
\usepackage{multido}
\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\begin{document}


\fmedi
\begin{multicols}{10}
\multido{\i=0+1}{"FF}{% 
  \iffontchar\font\i
    \makebox[3em][l]{\i}%
    \symbol{\i}\endgraf
  \fi
}
\end{multicols}


A B C D E
\fsymb
\begin{multicols}{10}
\multido{\i=0+1}{"FF}{% 
  \iffontchar\font\i
    \makebox[3em][l]{\i}%
    \symbol{\i}\endgraf
  \fi
}
\end{multicols}


A B C \symbol{71} \symbol{79} \symbol{82}
\end{document}


Fonts from:
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/GameFonts/Series-MagicTheGathering.html

The code shows how to make a list of characters in a font, and is adapted from another answer.

Cicada
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  • I realize this i probably a stupid question, but once I download the fonts listed above, where do I put them so I don't keep getting the fonts not found error? – Michael Dykes Nov 29 '20 at 17:27
  • in answer to your question about position 66, I have almost no experience using fonts systems in latex in this manner and was looking at the full font list from all LaTeX fonts. – Michael Dykes Nov 29 '20 at 17:31
  • Installing fonts depends on your system. In Windows, I right-click and select "Install for all users". With system fonts, you will need to compile with xelatex or lualatex, using fontspec package. Presumably, when you say "LaTeX fonts", you are referring to legacy 7-bit and 8-bit fonts under pdflatex, like lmr and suchlike. I don't know if anyone has made a Type1 font from the ttf version. – Cicada Nov 30 '20 at 08:05
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The package pifont alone is not sufficient. Simply put the contents of https://ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/magic (magic.mf and magic12.mf) into the same directory as your input file and then run [pdf]latex.