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Is there a c/o symbol in LaTex for writing an address? I have looked in the Comprehensive latex symbol list but couldn't find one.

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I do not think there is such a symbol, doesn people just write c/o? – daleif Mar 7 '11 at 13:08
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DeTeXify doesn't know it :-( – Martin Scharrer Mar 7 '11 at 13:15
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It’s in unicode, however: ℅ – Debilski Mar 7 '11 at 13:23
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@daleif: Actually, when you write 'c/o' in any word processor (MS Word, OpenOffice, Google Docs) it is typeset beautifully, that's why I thought there might be a symbol for that in LaTeX too. – Dronacharya Mar 7 '11 at 13:59
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On page 67 of the symbols list it says: nicefrac (part of the units package) or the newer xfrac package can be used to construct vulgar fractions like \1/2", \1/4", \3/4", and even \c/o" (like @kahens solution I guess) – meep.meep Mar 7 '11 at 14:02
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up vote 16 down vote accepted

Probably quick and dirty: $ {^c\!/\!_o} $ Jim Jones

See also here on page 3.

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EDIT: Included input from Tobi's comment: $ \mathrm{{^c\!/\!_o}} $ Jim Jones produces enter image description here

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Very dirty ;-) I’d at least add \mathrm to make c and o non-italic … – Tobi Apr 10 '12 at 13:33
\documentclass[a5paper]{article}
\newcommand{\co}{%
  \leavevmode
  \begingroup
  \setbox 2 = \hbox {\small c}%
  \setbox 0 = \hbox {/}%
  \dimen 0 = \ht 0  \advance \dimen 0 by -\ht 2
  \raise \dimen 0 \box 2
  \kern -0.3333\wd0/\kern -0.3333\wd 0
  \lower \dp 0 \hbox {\small o}%
  \endgroup
}
\begin{document}
\co\space Mr. Bean
\end{document}

output result

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