How to get a \bar more thicker (0.8pt for example) than usual and fit all character?
2 Answers
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{accents}
\newcommand\thickbar[1]{\accentset{\rule{.4em}{.8pt}}{#1}}
\begin{document}
$\bar A$ VS $\thickbar A$
\end{document}
You can change the width and height of the rule as you wish.
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But when I added a
\Largecommand, the thickness ofthickbarturned thiner than in normalsize... Apr 26, 2011 at 2:28 -
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Am I wrong or the accents package is not available in Miktex? Is there a substitute for Miktex? Apr 18, 2012 at 12:59
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Thanks, it's solved. The problem was that
accentsis inside a bundle calledbezos, which is the one that features in the Package Manager: original link. And +1 for the help, it is nice to have this symbol if you use overline for complex numbers. Apr 18, 2012 at 15:26
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\thickbar}{\mathpalette\@thickbar}
\newcommand{\@thickbar}[2]{{#1\mkern1.5mu\vbox{
\sbox\z@{$#1\mkern-1.5mu#2\mkern-1.5mu$}%
\sbox\tw@{$#1\overline{#2}$}%
\dimen@=\dimexpr\ht\tw@-\ht\[email protected]\p@\relax
\hrule\@height.8\p@ % adjust for the desired rule thickness
\vskip\dimen@
\box\z@}\mkern1.5mu}
}
\makeatother
With \mathpalette we make a macro that will do the right thing in all sizes. The first \sbox command sets the argument in the desired size (display, text, script or scriptscript); the second one sets the argument overlined; then we measure the difference, thus computing the clearance between the symbol and the bar above it. Then we draw a rule with the desired thickness, leave the computed clearance and print the symbol.
It's not exactly as wide as \bar, but it should be close enough.
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Compare the
\thickbarand the\bar, you'll find their aren't similar in length. Apr 25, 2011 at 12:53 -
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tikzsolution): a bolder \overline [duplicate]