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Whenever I try to copy blackboard bold letters from mathtype, I receive a translation error, saying that there is no translation available. How would I go about fixing this for the available characters?
Also, is there a way to add other blackboard-bold letters into the program, other than the ones already included, e.g E for expectation?
In MathType, if you choose AMS-LaTeX in Cut and Copy Preferences, it will translate the Blackboard Bold capital letters, as well as the lower-case k. If you must use the LaTeX 2.09 and later translator, I can help you change the translator file to add those characters.
{amssymb} or {amsmath} package in your document, as @Andrew mentioned. If that's OK, email us at support at dessci dot com and I'll send you the modified file.
May 31, 2017 at 21:42
Use \usepackage{amssymb} and select AMSLatex in cut copy preferences in Mathtype.
I’m not sure if I understand your question correctly. The command to use blackboard bold letters in LaTeX is \mathbb{X}. Make sure to load loaded a font package containing a double-struck alphabet.
If you loaded unicode-math rather than legacy font packages, you can additionally paste Unicode math symbols into your document directly.
You can load the Holey Roman font from Mathtime Pro 2 into LaTeX with \usepackage[bb=mth]{mathalfa}, or the regular Mathtime Pro blackboard bold with \usepackage[bb=mt]{mathalfa}. If it’s not the right height, you might want to add the bbscaled= option inside the brackets, such as \usepackage[bb=mth, bbscaled=0.95]{mathalfa}.
