---
name: "PS_symbol"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "pslib-dev"
version: "0.4.8-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PS_symbol"
---

# PS\_symbol(3)

Output glyph at a certain position in the font encoding vector

## NAME

PS\_symbol — Output glyph at a certain position in the font encoding vector

## SYNOPSIS

\#include \<pslib.h\>

void PS\_symbol(PSDoc \*psdoc, unsigned char c)

## DESCRIPTION

Output the glyph at position **c** in  the font encoding vector of the current font. The font encoding for  a font can be set when loading the font with  **PS\_findfont()**.

## SEE ALSO

[PS\_glyph\_show(3)](/PS_glyph_show/3.md), [PS\_findfont(3)](/PS_findfont/3.md), [PS\_symbol\_width(3)](/PS_symbol_width/3.md), [PS\_symbol\_name(3)](/PS_symbol_name/3.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Uwe Steinmann uwe@steinmann.cx.