You could, of course, use TikZ for this:
The symbol will scale with your font size, since it uses ex
to define the path.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\newcommand\shield{%
\tikz [baseline] \draw (0,1.75ex) -- (0,0.75ex) arc [radius=0.75ex, start angle=-180, end angle=0] -- (1.5ex,1.75ex) -- cycle;%
}
A shield: \shield
\end{document}
If you're feeling fancy, you could parametrise it a bit:
\documentclass[border=3mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\newcommand\shield[1][]{%
\tikzset{
shield width/.store in=\shieldwidth,
shield width=1.5ex,
shield height/.store in=\shieldheight,
shield height=1.75ex
}%
\tikz [baseline,#1] \draw (0,\shieldheight) -- (0,\shieldwidth/2) arc [radius=\shieldwidth/2, start angle=-180, end angle=0] -- (\shieldwidth,\shieldheight) -- cycle;%
}
A shield: \shield
A wide shield: \shield[shield width=2ex]
A tall shield: \shield[shield height=3ex]
\end{document}
For simple icons, I would also use TikZ to draw my own icon (e.g. modelled on your link).
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\newcommand{\disc}{{\tikz[baseline=-.75ex]{%
\draw[line width=.1ex] (0,0) circle(.8ex);
\draw[line width=.2ex] (0,0) circle(.2ex);
\draw[line width=.15ex] ([shift=(270:.5ex)]0,0) arc (270:340:.5ex);
\draw[line width=.15ex] ([shift=(90:.5ex)]0,0) arc (90:160:.5ex);
}}}
\begin{document}
Billie Holiday, {\it Body and Soul}, Verve Records \disc
\Large {\it Body and Soul} (1957) \disc
\footnotesize Billie Holiday, {\it Body and Soul} (1957) \disc
\tiny Billie Holiday, {\it Body and Soul} (1957), Verve Records \disc
\end{document}
Best Answer
Here are two possible alternatives. In both cases (
\symA
and\symB
), I use both a left and right arrow joined in order to get a wider arrow. The\mkern
can be increased negatively, if you want the width narrower. The\symA
uses the\triangleq
component fromamssymb
, but the vertical gap can be controlled with the optional argument to\stackon
. The\symB
does not requireamssymb
, but tries to mimic the tapered equal sign you showed in your figure, by using stacked\rule
s. Again, the vertical spacings are adjustable.