BAHÁ'Í STAR - LaTeX Package for Nine-Pointed Star Symbol
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This package provides the Bahá'í nine-pointed star symbol for LaTeX documents.
The symbol is implemented using METAFONT for high-quality typography and
includes Unicode support for the official Unicode character U+1F7D9 (🟙).

AUTHOR
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Joop Kiefte

LICENSE
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MIT License (see LICENSE file for full text)

VERSION
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0.1 (2025-09-17)

DESCRIPTION
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The bahaistar package provides:
- \bahaistar command for inserting the nine-pointed star symbol
- Automatic Unicode mapping for U+1F7D9 (🟙)
- METAFONT-based high-quality glyph rendering
- Accessibility support with proper ActualText mapping
- Compatible with pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX

INSTALLATION
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1. Copy bahaistar.sty to your LaTeX tree under tex/latex/bahaistar/
2. Copy bahaistar.mf to your METAFONT tree under fonts/source/public/bahaistar/
3. Copy bahaistar.tfm to your font tree under fonts/tfm/public/bahaistar/
4. If using a precompiled font, copy bahaistar.600pk to fonts/pk/
5. Refresh your TeX filename database (e.g., texhash or mktexlsr)

USAGE
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\usepackage{bahaistar}

Then use:
- \bahaistar for the nine-pointed star symbol
- Direct Unicode input: 🟙 (requires XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX)

EXAMPLE
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{bahaistar}
\begin{document}
The Bahá'í star: \bahaistar
Unicode: 🟙
\end{document}

FILES
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bahaistar.sty     - LaTeX package file
bahaistar.mf       - METAFONT source for the star glyph
bahaistar.tfm      - TeX font metrics file
bahaistar.600pk    - Precompiled bitmap font (600 DPI)
bahaistar-example.tex           - Example document
README             - This file
LICENSE            - MIT license text

REQUIREMENTS
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- LaTeX2e
- newunicodechar package
- accsupp package
- METAFONT system (for font generation)

COMPATIBILITY
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Tested with:
- pdfLaTeX ✓
- XeLaTeX
- LuaLaTeX
- TeX Live 2023+
- MiKTeX

CHANGES
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v0.1 (2025-09-17): METAFONT implementation with Unicode support

For more information and updates, see:
https://ctan.org/pkg/bahaistar

CONTACT
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For bug reports and feature requests, please contact the author.
