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I want to get that fancy LaTeX symbol to put in one of my documents but I cannot find it anywhere. All searching for things like latex symbol have not resulted in the symbol but other symbols.

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You mean \LaTeX ? – Yiannis Lazarides Dec 22 '10 at 4:18
@Yiannis, thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. Add that as an answer and I will accept. I tried that but with the wrong capitalization. – sixtyfootersdude Dec 22 '10 at 4:34
LyX does this automatically when you type in either LyX or LaTeX. – Dave Jarvis Dec 22 '10 at 14:12

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You simply type \LaTeX. One problem with this is that if you type it a lot of times in your text you will need to type \LaTeX\ to force a space after it. Also personally I find the capitalization of L and T leads to typing errors, so I redefine the command as follows:

\newcommand{\latex}{\LaTeX\xspace}
\newcommand{\tex}{\TeX\xspace}

\xspace is from the xspace package.

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or simply \makeatletter\g@addto@macro{\TeX}{\xspace}\makeatother for both – Herbert Dec 22 '10 at 6:33
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Or \expandafter\def\expandafter\TeX\expandafter{\TeX\xspace} or \edef\TeX{\TeX\noexpand\xspace} or ... – TH. Dec 22 '10 at 10:29
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There is also the hologo package for typesetting TeX-related logos:

\hologo{LaTeX}
\Hologo{LaTeX}  % to be used at the beginning of a sentence (no difference in this case)

While the syntax is a bit more verbose, it has the advantages that you don't have to think about trailing spaces and that it works correctly inside PDF bookmarks.

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