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I have a Physics book in which the work done by a force is represented by the greek letter tau.

Thing is, it's a different form of tau, a form I've never seen before. Here is what it looks like:

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(sorry about the low quality pic)

The greek tau found in LaTeX's default greek alphabet looks quite different. Is there any command in which I would generate such above form of tau?

(there's no mention of it in "The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List", and I have already tried "Detexify" soft (which didn't give a good solution), only solutions given by the "duplicate" in discussion)

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  • Could this be \zeta? Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 2:06
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    Possible duplicate of How to look up a symbol or identify a math symbol or character? Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 2:07
  • I've already tried using Detexify software. And the book says it's a Tau. Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 2:44
  • Any reference for the book?
    – egreg
    Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 7:54
  • @HenriMenke However, I think this question should not be closed. Detextify doesn't give an acceptable solution and searching in The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List I have found only the symbol of my answer, which is not the best.
    – CarLaTeX
    Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 8:10

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\textturntwo from tipx packages looks similar to it, in my opinion:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tipx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\textturntwo

$\text{\textturntwo}$
\end{document}
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    That is just the number 2 rotated by 180°. Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 4:54
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    But it really looks very similar to the provided picture in the question :) Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 6:00
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    @HenriMenke Probably that's the reason why they call it "turn two" :):):)
    – CarLaTeX
    Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 6:12
  • @CarLaTeX Just sayin', because it is certainly not Greek. Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 7:38
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    @ItaloMarinho Thank you for accepting my answer! However, egreg asked you some reference for the book. Maybe, if you give him this info, he could find a better solution :)
    – CarLaTeX
    Commented Jul 18, 2017 at 15:14

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