Double strikeout

Question

I'm using the ulem for strikethrough, but need two formats of strikethrough. I'm currently using \dout{text} which looks good, but the second\xout{text} makes the base text a little too unreadable.

I'm looking for a clean double-strikethrough... the closest I've gotten is:

\newcommand\dout{\bgroup \markoverwith{\rule[0.2ex]{0.1pt}{0.4pt}\rule[0.8ex]{0.1pt}{0.4pt}}\ULon}

but this creates a slight hatching effect. (It's good enough, but I figured I'd see if any of ye clever folk had a cleaner solution.)

Answer 1

This is modified from the double underline macro of ulem (note that \MakeRobust is also defined by that package):

\def\dout{\bgroup
 \markoverwith{\lower-0.2ex\hbox
 {\kern-.03em\vbox{\hrule width.2em\kern0.45ex\hrule}\kern-.03em}}%
 \ULon}
\MakeRobust\dout

and seems to work quite well:

Answer 2

More an observation, then an answer, but too long for a comment: The effect dependens on the pdf viewer:

This is Evince (300%, 400%):

It looks better in Acrobat (300%, 400%)

At least until you zoom in really close (1600%):

How does it look when printed?

Answer 3

I think Inserting \hskip-0.1pt in the first proposed code solves the problem of hatching.

    \newcommand\dout{
        \bgroup
        \markoverwith{%
            \rule[0.2ex]{0.1pt}{0.4pt}%
            \hskip-0.1pt
            \rule[0.8ex]{0.1pt}{0.4pt}%
        }
        \ULon
     }
     \MakeRobust\dout