# Does there exist a 'curly' multiplication symbol?

Question: Does there exist a 'curly' multiplication symbol?

For example, for 'curly' equal sign, we have $\approx,$ which distinguishes itself from the normal $=$ sign. I would like to do the same for $\times$ operator.

• So you basically want two \sim (one orthogonal to the other)? – TeXnician Jun 2 '18 at 9:13
• What kind of operator should it be? I mean, what mean should it have? – gvgramazio Jun 2 '18 at 9:16
• @TeXnician - I tried your suggestion of using two rotated \sim symbols (1 rotated +45 degrees, the other rotated -45 degrees), but the result looks horribly like a swastika, so I won't post an answer here. – Mico Jun 2 '18 at 9:43
• @Mico Same result here ;) – TeXnician Jun 2 '18 at 9:59
• @Idonknow - What you call a "curly multiplication symbol that sort of looks like \times" will almost certainly look suspiciously like a swastika. If you somehow manage to create such a symbol (I, for one, am not going to show you how to construct this symbol in LaTeX!), I can virtually guarantee that all readers of your document will come to a dead stop when their eyes first reach this symbol. They may well forget everything else you wrote; all they'll remember it by is "the paper with the swastika symbol(s)". Do you really want to incur the risk of creating such an impression? – Mico Jun 2 '18 at 10:21