Version 1.1, 6 October 2021

Version history:

• 1.0, 22 January 2018

• 1.1, 6 October 2021

The Yi Jing symbols

The Yi Jing symbols are hexagrams (called 卦 guà in Chinese), i.e., they consist of six elements.

Font containing Yi Jing symbols

A very useful symbol font was put together by George Douros: Symbola

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. This font contains a plethora of symbols from various cultures, among which are not only the Yi Jing hexagrams but also the symbols found in Tài Xuán Jīng.

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Typesetters should make sure

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that they use the font version of Symbola (10.24, January 2018) that is

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‘free for any

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use’, and also to pick the hinted version of the font. The v. 10.24 Symbola font package can be found on archive.org: Symbola.zip on web.archive.org.

Type specifications

• Brill 11 pt: ~ Symbola 10 pt

• Brill 10 pt: ~ Symbola 10 pt

• Brill 9 pt: ~ Symbola 8½ pt