download ifsym package form http://www.ctan.org/search.html

create a directory $TEXMF/fonts/sources/public/ifsym

copy all the *.mf *.gen to this directory

create a directory $TEXMF/tex/latex/ifsym

copy all the *sty *.fd to this directory

Add the following lines to the file: $TEXMF/fontname/special.map

ifsym public ifsym ifgeo public ifsym ifwea public ifsym ifclk public ifsym

update the TeX file database by running texhash or whatever your Tex imprementation provides.

create a document:

\documentclass{article} \usepackage[geometry]{ifsym} \begin{document} \Circle \SquareShadowA \end{document}

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[misc]{ifsym}
\begin{document}
\Letter
\end{document}