# How to use only \diamondplus and \diamonddot from MnSymbol? [duplicate]

Can you please post the specific code for using \diamondplus and \diamonddot from MnSymbol without loading this package?

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## marked as duplicate by Werner, Stefan Pinnow, user13907, Martin Schröder, gernotJan 10 '17 at 9:20

I don't known whether or not this makes sense, but you may copy the relevant code from MnSymbol.sty (and minimize it somehow), e.g.:

\documentclass{article}

\DeclareFontFamily{U}{MnSymbolC}{}
\DeclareSymbolFont{MnSyC}{U}{MnSymbolC}{m}{n}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\diamondplus}{\mathbin}{MnSyC}{"7C}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\diamonddot}{\mathbin}{MnSyC}{"7E}
\DeclareFontShape{U}{MnSymbolC}{m}{n}{
<-6>  MnSymbolC5
<6-7>  MnSymbolC6
<7-8>  MnSymbolC7
<8-9>  MnSymbolC8
<9-10> MnSymbolC9
<10-12> MnSymbolC10
<12->   MnSymbolC12}{}

\begin{document}
$\diamondplus \diamonddot$
\end{document}


• Thank you very much! This is exactly what I need and it works perfectly. – wdacda Jan 10 '17 at 9:55