[Tex/LaTex] Non-bitmapped “thumb up” symbol for flagging “good practice” tips

Question

I want to use a "thumb up" symbol, to flag a "good practice" tips in my document. Table 244 in the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol list shows that the dingbat package provides the following:

However, the symbol is bitmapped and doesn't render well when zoomed in on, which I dislike:

Do you know of a similar, non-bitmapped symbol? Otherwise Feel free to suggest an alternative symbol that conveys the same meaning.

Answer 1

A free SVG version can be found on Wikimedia: Symbol thumbs up. The file Symbols_thumbs_up.svg can be converted with Inkscape to PDF like in this answer:

inkscape --export-pdf=Symbol_thumbs_up.pdf Symbol_thumbs_up.svg

The white margins can be removed by pdfcrop:

pdfcrop Symbol_thumbs_up.pdf

The result is Symbols_thumbs_up-crop.pdf.

In LaTeX it can be included, mirrored and resized by package graphicx with a driver that supports PDF. Otherwise it can be converted to EPS via pdftops of xpdf or poppler:

pdftops -eps Symbols_thumbs_up-crop.pdf Symbols_thumbs_up.eps

LaTeX example that defines \LeftThumbsUp and \RightThumbsUp:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand*{\RightThumbsUpAux}[1]{%
  \begingroup
    \sbox0{Ag}%
    \raisebox{-\dp0}{%
      \includegraphics[{%
        height=\dimexpr\dp0+\ht0\relax,
        #1%
      }]{Symbol_thumbs_up-crop.pdf}%
    }%
  \endgroup
}
\newcommand*{\RightThumbsUp}{%
  \RightThumbsUpAux{}%
}
\newcommand*{\RightThumbsDown}{%
  \RightThumbsUpAux{origin=c,angle=180}%
}
\newcommand*{\LeftThumbsUp}{%
  \scalebox{-1}[1]{\RightThumbsUp}%
}
\newcommand*{\LeftThumbsDown}{%
  \scalebox{-1}[1]{\RightThumbsDown}%
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
  \LeftThumbsUp    & \verb|\LeftThumbsUp|\\
  \RightThumbsUp   & \verb|\RightThumbsUp|\\
  \LeftThumbsDown  & \verb|\LeftThumbsDown|\\
  \RightThumbsDown & \verb|\RightThumbsDown|
\end{tabular}
\end{document}