[XeTeX] asterism

[teginch at bluewin.ch]

Hmm.... one more question.
I must admit that I'm still a novice in Latex and if this /asterism command works fine at first sight, I find no way 
to center it, neither by adding \begin{center} to the newcommand definition, nor by adding it where the new command is 
actually used. The asterism sticks left whatever I try. How can I center it, either directly in the command definition 
or probably rather at the command usage ?



Tom

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>

>Some time ago, Peter Flynn suggested this on comp.text.tex (changed slightly to my own needs):

>

>%%=========8><--------%%

>

>% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 Unicode

>% !TEX TS-program = XeLaTeX

>

>

>\documentclass{article}

>

>\usepackage{xltxtra}

>\setromanfont{Adobe Garamond Pro}

>

>\newcommand{\asterism}{%

>	\smash{%

>		\raisebox{-.15em}{%

>			\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.05em}%

>			\begin{tabular}{@{}cc@{}}%

>				\multicolumn2c*\\[-.75em]*&*%

>			\end{tabular}%

>		}%

>	}%

>} 

>     

>\begin{document}

>

>This \asterism\ is an asterism.

>

>\end{document}

>

>%%=========8><--------%%

>

>Stephen Moye

>

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