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nycbullets — New York City Subway route bullets for LuaLaTeX
\usepackage{nycbullets} Take the \nycbullet{F} or \nycbullet{Fd} train.
The package typesets the route bullets of the New York City Subway in full color with LuaLaTeX, and in monochrome with XeLaTeX. It uses the accompanying OpenType color fonts NYCSubwayBullets-*.ttf. Their artwork comes from the public-domain collection on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NewYorkCitySubwaybullets.
See nycbullets.pdf for usage and the full list of bullets.
The fonts, the .def files and the key tables are generated from the Commons SVG files by a Python pipeline. It and the issue tracker are at https://github.com/nyumathclinic/nyc-subway-bullets-font; there is a specimen of every bullet at https://nyumathclinic.github.io/nyc-subway-bullets-font/.
License
The LaTeX code may be distributed and/or modified under the conditions of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3c or later. The fonts are dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0, except for the few bullets credited in the "Credits" section of nycbullets.pdf, which are under CC BY 4.0.
Not affiliated with or endorsed by the MTA; the bullets may be trademarks of the MTA.
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Nycbullets – New York City Subway route bullets
This package typesets the route bullets of the New York City Subway (the colored circles and diamonds with the route letter or number) in full color with LuaLaTeX, and in monochrome with XeLaTeX, from the accompanying OpenType color fonts.
The bullet artwork comes from Wikimedia Commons and is almost entirely in the public domain.
| Package | Nycbullets |
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| Version | 1.0 2026-10-04 |
| Licenses | The LaTeX Project Public License 1.3c CC0 1.0 CC BY 4.0 |
| Copyright | 2026 Matthew Leingang |
| Maintainer | Matthew Leingang |
| Topics | Font Font symbol Font support Font TTF |