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How to input b with stroke?

I want to use the symbol ƀ (b with stroke) in my document. I use it for the blank symbol in the formal definition of Turing machines. I use XeLaTeX, so I should be able to use the Unicode symbol, but ...
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Xelatex: Accent and macrons on capital letters. Multiple accents on a single letter?

I have trouble getting capital letters with a combination of accent and macron in XeLaTeX. I used this: \'{\=A}, but I didn't get the accent where I expected it to be. Also, i was wondering if it is ...
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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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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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Using imported font with XeLaTeX - several latin letters for one font symbol

I am importing a custom font that I made into my document, and compiling it using XeLaTeX. Let's call the font "MyFont" for sake of argument. \documentclass{article} \font\myfont="MyFont" at 12pt ...
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Modifying another checkmark, or adding another one?

I should explain beforehand, that I use XeLaTeX, so I have access to all kinds of fonts, and Unicode support. Now, I'm using the "BALLOT BOX" (U+2610) and "BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK" (U+2611) quite often ...
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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: ...
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Special characters

I'm using XeLaTeX to compile my document. If I write in my document --- I don't get —, but --- in my PDF document. Same for – (--) character. I'm sure that font which I'm using have this character ...
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Simple xelatex or latex document which contains an apple command character [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to typeset the special mac's keyboard's symbols? I don't know how to get an apple command sign in a latex or xetex document. I know that this has been ...
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vedic symbols in XeTeX

How do I produce the vedic, anudatta and udatta via XeTeX. The one in this links gives http://mirrors.ctan.org/language/devanagari/velthuis/doc/generic/velthuis/xetex-examples.tex The normal ...
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Using another font for a glyph that is not available in the current font

I want to declare more than one font so XeTeX can use other fonts when first font did not have a specific glyph. How can I do that? In windows when the current font does not have a glyph, other font ...
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How does one display straight quotes in the normal font?

From this code: \subsubsection{General Escaping Format} Generally, escaping MUST be done in a manner similar to most programming languages, such as C, C++, Java, or similar, for quoted string ...
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special font has glyph but is xelatex reports “missing character” [closed]

I am using TeXLive 2011 on Linux with a font called sasmono. When I compile my LaTeX source with xelatex, it reports (./myoutput.lst Missing character: There is no ^^83 in font ...
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How can I get my ellipses formatted correctly in XeTeX?

I've been using \dots and \ldots to try to get ellipses happening. Ellipses should look like this: Some text . . . and then some more text. But instead they look like this: Some text ...and some ...
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Tweaking numeral height (and baseline)

I am using the Computer Modern Unicode Bright font, in the OpenType version (see http://cm-unicode.sourceforge.net or http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cm-unicode) in a XeLaTeX-compiled document. ...
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Half Brackets Not Showing in XeLaTeX

I have a XeLaTeX document with lower half brackets ⸤⸥ (U+2E24,U+2E25) and upper half brackets ⸢⸣ (U+2E22,U+2E23). In the log file I get the complaint like Missing character: There is no ⸤ in font... ...
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How to enter symbol for inexact differential in xelatex?

The LaTeX symbol list document recommends this: \def\dbar{{\mathchar’26\mkern-12mu d}} Compiling this gives an error about mathcar being undefined. A minimal example follows: ...
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Generating a table of glyphs with XeTeX

I am trying to get XeTeX to generate a table of all the possible glyphs of a given font, but can not figure out how to make XeTeX know how many glyphs the font has, so I have to specify an exact ...
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In LyX, is it possible to customize the special characters (specifically symbols)? [closed]

This could be a problem to many newcomers to LyX (and LaTeX in general), who are migrating from word processors; the story is that first I try to insert a special character, an arrow for example, so I ...
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What does this argument to the \symbol command mean

I was looking at this page here and came across this line which I don't understand. \symbol{"E052} Can you explain to me what the significance of E052 is, and how I could modify this command to ...
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Use variant glyphs from Mac OS X fonts under Linux

I would like to get the variant option from fontspec working under Linux. Unfortunately, this option which works with the AAT font system is not compatible with the OpenType font mechanism used under ...
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Why is the % symbol not showing with XeTeX?

I'm using XeTeX and my % symbol is not showing when I compile to PDF! I've added my code below. I've gone through the XeTeX companion guide (maybe not very thoroughly) and Googled, but I can't find ...
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Access specific characters in LuaTeX

Recently, I switched from XeTeX to LuaTex for a document of mine. However, there is a feature which I do not immediately see how to convert: Accessing specific characters. In particular, I need the ...
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Create my own mapping for XeTeX fonts

I'm trying to create mapping files, to make use of Cambria Math italic calligraphic and double stroke letters in Plain XeTeX. However, I'm unable to do so. This is what I tried to create for the ...
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Custom radical sign with plain XeTeX

I would like to use Cambria Math font in mathematical equation, and I have a simple problem here. plain TeX uses many symbols for the root sign, so it can use the proper one depending on context, ...