Does LaTeX support the sarcmark?

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Does LaTeX have an escape sequence for the open source sarcmark?

diabonas · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-07 12:42:27Z

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\textexclamdown is an inverted exclamation point:

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answered Jul 27, 2010 at 16:26

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doncherry · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-07 13:22:50Z

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Writing !` (exclamation point followed by a backtick) is very easy:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Example: !`
\end{document}

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answered Dec 17, 2010 at 1:55

Stefan Kottwitz♦

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Interesting. Didn't know the backtick had that effect.
– EricR
Dec 17, 2010 at 4:37
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I'm stumped; I've got no idea what's happening. Can you please explain?
– Hendrik Vogt
Dec 17, 2010 at 10:47
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@Hendrik: It's treated by TeX as a ligature. LaTeX defines \textexclamdown as alias (in OT1) in ot1enc.def: \DeclareTextCommand{\textexclamdown}{OT1}{!'}.
– Stefan Kottwitz ♦
Dec 17, 2010 at 14:45
Thanks, now I understand: It's not TeX but depends on the font.
– Hendrik Vogt
Dec 17, 2010 at 19:46
of course it depends on the font! the glyph has to be there, after all. but latex will support \textexclamdown for any font it directly supports (e.g., t1-encoded ones, in which the glyph exists.
– wasteofspace
Mar 7, 2012 at 12:52

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