What symbols are used to write LOOM as shown in the image below? (The cutout is from a paper by Bruce et al., presented at the ECOOP conference in 1997.)
It is a simple \mathcal{LOOM}
(in math mode of course). Different math fonts will give you (slightly?) different results.
You can define a macro for it.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{xspace}
\newcommand{\LOOM}{%
\ensuremath{\mathcal{LOOM}}\xspace
}
\begin{document}
... OO language, \LOOM.
\LOOM retains most of the features ...
\end{document}
Note that \ensuremath
is a little overkill here because you hardly use it inside math, so you can just use $\mathcal{LOOM}$
instead. The \xspace
adds a space after it if no punctuation mark follows.
It's awful! However it's $\mathcal{LOOM}$
\newcommand{\LOOM}{$\mathcal{LOOM}$}
Just like all user defined commands without arguments one should remember to pay attention to a space following it:
\LOOM\ is a language ...
\LOOM{} is a language ...
A typical language is \LOOM.
It's possible to use \xspace
to do the choice automatically.
However the home page for the language uses simply "Loom", with no fancy letters.
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BTW: I think the home page you refer to is for a different "Loom" language. – Eyvind Jul 1 '11 at 7:14