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Math symbols in tt font
I am trying to typeset some mathematics all in typewriter font; aiming to emulate the appearance of a particular computing environment. However, \mathtt in math mode doesn't appear to affect the ...
3
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Non-bitmapped “thumb up” symbol for flagging “good practice” tips
I want to use a "thumb up" symbol, to flag a "good practice" tips in my document. Table 244 in the Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol list shows that the dingbat package provides the following:
However, ...
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How to access the quotation marks in Berling font using lualatex?
Here is a small example:
\documentclass[11pt,article,oneside]{memoir}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont[ItalicFont={BerlIt}, FeatureFile=myligatures.fea]{Berling}
\begin{document}
``Lala la''
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Are true glyphs used for accented characters, when input as escaped codes?
I know that in the early days of TeX, some characters outside the standard ascii where typeset by quite dirty hacks. For example, in my language (Polish), we have an "a with a downward hook" (ą) and ...
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2answers
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Dollar sign with txfonts and fontenc
I have a strange problem with the dollar sign ($) and \textbf{} when using the txfonts and fontenc packages. The dollar sign has a space after it. Both packages are required to reproduce the problem.
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4
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Strange ampersand shape in italics
I'm trying to use the & symbol in the bib file. The following is my code:
booktitle = {Design, Automation {\&} Test in Europe Conference {\&} Exhibition},
The output is :
Is this ...
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My \mathcal{U} turns out to be curvy? (different than default)
My preamble :
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report}
\usepackage[lmargin=3.81cm,tmargin=2.54cm,rmargin=2.54cm,bmargin=2.52cm]{geometry}
\linespread{1.5}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{ dsfont }
...
9
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3answers
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change \sqrt symbol
I'm trying to change the sqrt sign into the glyph '317 of the following character map, that is the mathematical pi three font table.
I would use it only for non-large root, e.g \sqrt{a}, \sqrt{5/2} ...
4
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How to switch to upright greek in math mode?
tI use libertine and newtxmath font packages, they provide upright greek letters. However, there is no way to automatically swith between italic and upright greek letters. I need a command, simillar ...
4
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Tex for Mathematical Operator which Looks Like a Y [duplicate]
Does anybody know what the correct latex is for the character which looks like a Y in this equation?
I've sometimes seen it used for the Euler homogeneity operator too.
I can't seem to produce ...
5
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How to add LineFinal (falt) or WordFinal (fina) features to Garamond Premier Pro on XeLaTeX?
I'm still familiarizing myself with XeLaTeX and the fontspec package. I would like to access the OpenType feature LineFinal or WordFinal with the Garamond Premier Pro font from Adobe.
For example, I ...
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1answer
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Changing all the integral symbols from the MnSymbol package, or how to get full math support with Garamond Premier Pro in XeLaTeX?
I'm editing a document in which I chose the Adobe Garamond Premier Pro font as the main font.
The only free math font I found that fits with the AGPPro so far is the one from the MnSymbol package.
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5
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Special L for Lie Derivative
Does anyone happen to know how to typeset the special L character found, for example, in eq. 2.41 in this paper: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1107.5792v2.pdf that is being used for the Lie derivative? Thanks ...
1
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1answer
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Which package is required for \Z to work as the symbol for the set of integers? [duplicate]
According to http://www.proofwiki.org/wiki/Symbols:Z#The_Set_of_Integers,
\Z should produce the symbol for the set of integers, but I have not been able to find the package that enables this feature.
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9
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Create a font table for all available characters for a particular font
Similar to the question:
Lualatex: Font table with examples
I have several ornamental fonts and I'd like to create key maps. That is, I want to know what symbol the letter a maps to by having a nice ...
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Font selection for mathematical documents [duplicate]
I am currently making a skeleton for my thesis. Since it will be in physics, it has to deal with a lot of mathematics. I think there are two ways of making it right.
Choose a font for text and a ...
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Insert the special character H for hypergraphs in Kile [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to look up a symbol?
I am editing my documents in Kile. Recently I've worked with hypergraphs. Almost articles as well as books used the character H to denote a ...
14
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Obfuscation of @ and . in e-mail addresses
I manage style files for an academic journal. A typical article will contain authors' email addresses, which we attempt to obfuscate in order to give some measure of protection against e-mail ...
1
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1answer
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Math Symbols fonts like Gigi fonts in Microsoft windows
I want to get the font in mathmode like Gigi in Microsoft windows as follow:
In LaTeX math fonts, I find out that I use \mathscr{S} (mathrsfs package) like
the code is
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3
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1answer
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Character “1” with long serif
I'm looking for a character "1" with looong horizontal serif at the bottom (in math mode).
Currently I use \mathtt{1}, but would prefer longer. I also tried stretching it horizontally by \scalebox, ...
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How do I get mathematical fonts to Illustrator?
I am doing a thesis on graph theory, and I am currently drawing graphs with Illustrator. Vertexes and edges are easy to draw, but how about naming them? How do I get the symbols in image look like ...
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How to correctly set up Palatino font with math (related to pxfonts)
I've read many times here in TeX.SE that pxfonts has a lot of spacing inconsistencies, and that it's better to use mathpazo. The problem is that mathpazo doesn't load all the math symbols to match the ...
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Bar-less “f” and finetuning existing characters
Specific question
I would like to produce an italic f without the crossbar. Can I do this relatively straightforwardly?
This letter, esh (ʃ), is Unicode U+01A9, U+0283. The esh of tipa.sty only ...
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utf8 characters
I would like to include the output of the npm list command in a latex verbatim block:
jeroen@jeroen-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ npm install d3
jeroen@jeroen-ubuntu:~/Desktop$ npm list
/home/jeroen/Desktop
└─┬ ...
0
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0answers
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Description Logic symbols in LaTeX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to look up a symbol?
I need to get symbols of description logic names looking like at the picture:
Should I use some special font for this purpose, and which one? ...
11
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1answer
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How to find out which glyphs are different in an OpenType style set?
With fontspec, and XeTeX or LuaTeX it's possible to access a font's OpenType features, including the Style Sets, e.g. like this:
\addfontfeatures{RawFeature=+ss01;+ss18}
TeX.sx has already taught ...
4
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2answers
997 views
Italic Greek characters in Times New Roman
I'm very new to LaTeX! I'm trying to create a template for creating scientific reports as PDFs. I'd like the whole of the document to be in Times New Roman. I've used the package pslatex, which ...
6
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2answers
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Why is \textvisiblespace represented by a rectangle?
I use xelatex, with Ubuntu font, and for some reason I can't insert a \textvisiblespace into my document - all that I get in result is a box: ``. Is there some way to fix that?
Example:
...
5
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1answer
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Text affected by using txfonts package
I am using a \usepackage{txfonts} because of this symbol \multimapdotbothB but the body text or fonts are affected. How can this be not to be affected?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
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5
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How can I decrease the space between the symbol “<” and text?
I use "0<F<1" in Latex, however in the pdf it is "0 < F < 1 ", I want to reduce the space between text and <, just like "0<F<1", would someone tell me how to do it?
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1answer
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A font to typeset proofreader's marks in LaTeX?
I always overlook mistakes when I proofread documents on screen. When I proofread a printed paper I can find much more mistakes and mark them with the defined proofreader's marks – for German ...
5
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2answers
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Break after arrow
The length of formula in attached code is getting too long, I would wish to break it short.
I try to insert a break after the \rightsquigarrow by failed.
How should I insert a break?
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0
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1answer
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Linear B font problem
I've installed the archaic package and I've included \usepackage{linearb} in my document. I needed a stick figure symbol so I want to use this package which has a symbol \BPman satisfying my needs. ...
11
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1answer
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\sqrt from another font
I'm trying to change a specific char in my math collection: the square root symbol, as you can see below:
I'm trying to do it via \DeclareMathSymbol{\sqrt}... , but I can't determine witch ...
4
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1answer
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Displaying conventional math theta using kmath
Bookman is one of my favourite fonts, and I was happy to discover the kmath package. Although it's designed for use with the greek language:
\usepackage{kmath, kerkis}
gives you bookman font and ...
6
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1answer
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mathpazo and pxfonts: equal sign and \neq look different
consider the following (minimal) example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[sc,osf]{mathpazo}
\usepackage{pxfonts}
\begin{document}
$=$ $\ne$
\end{document}
Is there any ...
2
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1answer
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Issues with Greek letters, bolding, and font packages
I am trying to write an exam for multivariable calculus, with \usepackage{bookman,eulervm} and I am running into some very, very stange errors:
When I try to use \mathbf{} on a Greek letter (e.g. ...
8
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3answers
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Short equals sign
I don't know much about font encodings in LaTeX, and I'm not running Xe(La)TeX. Does anyone know where I could find a shorter (as in: not as wide) equals sign? I use it in text, not in math, and it ...
5
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1answer
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Are there (semi) standard font symbols for SAVE, RUN, etc in TeX?
Is there a font package to represent typical computer commands such as Save, Run, Refresh, etc? I am looking for something in the spirit of KeyStroke package for typical command icons on screen.
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Is there a ditto symbol?
I believe that a symbol -||- is commonly used to indicate repetition of a fragment of text. The problem is that typesetting it using dashes and pipes looks kind of ugly. Is there a predefined symbol ...
2
votes
1answer
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Bullet points do not appear (in \itemize environment with Hebrew font David CLM)
I am writing Hebrew using the David CLM font (from Culmus). Using this font there are no bullet points in \itemize environments. I do not understand why. It works as it is supposed to work with other ...
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2answers
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How to resolve conflicts in symbol packages?
I want to use symbols from wasysym and marvosym packages:
\usepackage{wasysym}
\usepackage{marvosym}
but it gives an errors as both packages have the command of \CheckedBox. I do not want to use ...
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2answers
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How to use bbding package?
I tried to use bbding package for the enumitem symbols. I have added to my code:
\usepackage{bbding}
....
\begin{itemize}[label=\HandRight]
but I receive error
!pdfTeX error: ...
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1answer
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\textbullet and CM sans serif: font shape undefined
The following example
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\sffamily
\textbullet
\end{document}
gives me the warning:
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `OMS/cmss/m/n' undefined
(Font) ...
4
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1answer
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Include a graphic as a character
I want to include a simple vector graphic (SVG, 1 circle and a path with 20 nodes) in the text, so it appears like a character.
ifsym does this with metafont, however metafont generates only ...
3
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2answers
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list of supported chars for current LaTeX configuration
I am calling pdfLaTeX with text entered in a web form. I would like to replace important chars not supported by LaTeX with the right LaTeX command.
How can I get a list of chars supported by LaTeX so ...
2
votes
2answers
304 views
typesetting a single mathematical symbol in a different font [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Importing a Single Symbol From a Different Font
Is there a command like \mathfont[font]{}, which enables me to use a different mathematical font for everything inside ...
1
vote
1answer
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BT Charter fonts with v letter from another font
I'm in the final stages of preparing a manuscript for print with Charter fonts but the italic letter v in that font bothers me, because it is too similar to \nu. I would like to use a different font, ...
2
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1answer
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What is the problem with characters < and > in PDF display? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Include < and > symbol
Why when I create pdf in texlive with pdflatex, the characters < and > are displayed as inverted ! and ?, respectively. However, when ...
2
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1answer
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TeX Gyre Pagella and itemize enviroment gives font warnings
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tgpagella}
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
\item test1
\item test2
\item test3
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
Compiling the above minimal LaTeX file ...
