[texhax] Need help interpreting extended TEX font layout

[Martin Schröder]

2007/10/1, Susan K. Pinter <pinter at unm.edu>:
> I am typing a paper that is written in the Polish language.  There are only
> a few characters that are considered "special" that I need to use as most
> of their alphabet is similar to our american/english language.  These
> characters are included in Table 9.1 on page 261 of the LaTex Companion
> (copyright 1994 version).  I am under the impression that I can access
> these special characters by using the command \symbol with the encoding
> scheme found in Table 9.1 but I am unable to figure out what codes to use
> in braces after the \symbol command.

Have a look at the pages of the Polish TeX users group GUST:
http://www.gust.org.pl

Best
   Martin