Re: [Groff] \(bs escape sequence

[Werner LEMBERG]

> The special character \(bs is not implemented in groff.
> 
> In the 1st ed. of Bourne - The UNIX system, it is displayed as a
> large circle with something like a bell inside (bell sign?), but in the
> Kernighan reference it looks like a black full moon (large bullet sign).
> 
> Does anyone have more information?

>From groff/font/devutf8/NOTES:

  The following from the original troff manual (by Ossanna and
  Kernighan) is unmapped:

    \(bs    shaded solid ball (Bell System logo, AT&T logo)


      Werner