[Tex/LaTex] Victory symbol in Salamanca

Question

In Salamanca, Spain, it was customary when you finished your PhD degree in the city's University —which is one of the oldest in Europe— to write in the wall a kind of graffiti, as shown here:

This symbol says "Victor" which means victory —According to egreg, winner is a more accurate translation into English 🙂

Do any one of you happen to have one of these symbols in TikZ-pgf? I have also noticed that it uses all the letters kind of over each other. Could this be done with some kerning manipulation?

Answer 1

Here is a SVG path extracted from your picture by inkscape.

The code:

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