How to add new ornaments to psvectorian?

Question

I've been using the package pst-vectorian (https://ctan.org/pkg/pst-vectorian) in order to customise part, chapter and section headings. I, however, would like to add new ornaments by using other vector graphic files (usually, an .eps file extension).

It seems that the ornaments contained in pst-vectorian come from the freely available ones in https://www.vectorian.net/free-vintage-vectors.html .

I would like to add, for instance, also other ornaments of https://www.vectorian.net which are not contained in this freely available package. I suppose, however, that I can't post here these ornaments since they are not free (it's easy to find online, though). These files are in the format .ai and .eps.

In order to have a concrete example, if necessary, I will suggest using , for instance, the ornaments available here https://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/floral-ornaments .

To be honest, I don't even know how to start as I don't understand the content of the pst-vectorian package nor how a package works in general.

I'm not really familiar with the pgfornament package. However, if it's easier, I would be happy with an answer dealing with this package instead of the former one.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It does not make real sense to extend the psvectorian package. It is much more easier to use a single graphic file.

However, if you really want it, then copy the files psvectorian.tex and psvectorian.pro into your local directory as psvectorian2.tex and psvectorian2.pro. For a test you can save the file in the documents directory. In the style file replace

\ProvidesPackage{psvectorian}[2012/12/12 v0.4 vector ornaments]
\pstheader{psvectorian.pro}%

by

\ProvidesPackage{psvectorian2}[2012/12/12 v0.4 vector ornaments]
\pstheader{psvectorian2.pro}%

If you have a single ornament as eps file then you can extend the two files: Into psvectorian2.sty extend the \ifcase wit the next number which is ornament 197 and insert the values for the pspicture environment. Into the psvectorian2.pro you have to include the PostScript code from the epsfile.

Often it is easier to convert a raster image file into a vector format, then the code is shorter as images created by Illustrator or something else. Here is an example where I first converted the jpg image into a pnm format and then used potrace as

 potrace -b ps -c myImage.pnm

It creates a PostScript file which code I inserted into the pro file.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{psvectorian2}

\begin{document}
  \psvectorian{197}
\end{document}