Re: [MiKTeX] The Dingbests fonts

[Alan R. <ri...@ec...>]

Edgar Goodaire wrote:
> Does any use the dingbests fonts with MikTeX?  Years ago, the commands
> 
> \usepackage{pifont}
> \Pisymbol{dingbests}{124}
> 
> would produce a little hand.  I have the pifont package, but in my 
> current configuration (MikTeX 2.7 on a PC), TeX draws a blank.

Do you have the dingbests font installed? They're not available via 
MiKTeX or CTAN, you'd have had to install them yourself separately. See:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/metrics/w-a-schmidt/dingbests.txt

Alan