How can I get a spiral like
There seems to be a spiral-like unicode codepoint: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/aa5c/index.htm
I tried
\documentclass[varwidth=true, border=2pt]{standalone}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
% Color
\usepackage{color}
\definecolor{lightgray}{gray}{0.95}
\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{43612}{\spiral}
%document
\begin{document}{\textcolor{lightgray}{a}}\spiral{\textcolor{lightgray}{b}}
\end{document}
but I got
! Undefined control sequence.
l.13 ...document}{\textcolor{lightgray}{a}}\spiral
{\textcolor{lightgray}{b}}
edit: I know How to look up a symbol or identify a math symbol or character?. None of the answers gave me a spiral symbol.
Best Answer
I would imagine that if font samples are viewable, they're in the public domain. As such, a search for font with spiral symbol yields a host of ideas.
Below I've used the Altemus Spirals Regular font's PDF sample:
Then you can clip out the element you're interested in:
Alternatively, if you have access to a font containing a spiral, you can use XeLaTeX or LauLaTeX directly.