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I am looking for a symbol which exactly looks like \lhd, except that the inner is filled.

Note: We have\blacktriangleleft, but the shape is different.

I used detexify, but didn't find a suitable symbol.

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    Maybe you can use \triangleleft instead of \lhd to match the filled version.
    – Marijn
    Nov 20, 2020 at 9:36

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With amssymb, \lhd and \blacktriangleleft have the same shape.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}

\usepackage{xcolor}

\begin{document}

${\lhd}{\blacktriangleleft}$

${\blacktriangleleft}{\lhd}$

\makebox[0pt][l]{\color{red}${\lhd}$}%
${\blacktriangleleft}$
\makebox[0pt][l]{\color{red}${\blacktriangleleft}$}%
${\lhd}$

\makebox[0pt][l]{${\lhd}$}%
\textcolor{red}{${\blacktriangleleft}$}
\makebox[0pt][l]{${\blacktriangleleft}$}%
\textcolor{red}{${\lhd}$}

\sbox0{$\lhd$}\the\wd0\ \the\ht0\ \the\dp0

\sbox0{$\blacktriangleleft$}\the\wd0\ \the\ht0\ \the\dp0

\end{document}

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Remember, though, that \lhd is a binary operation symbol; if you want to use the glyph as a relation symbol, do something like

\newcommand{\lhdrel}{\mathrel\lhd}

and use \lhdrel (any name is good, of course).

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  • I have a complicated document with lots of packages, only after adding the package amsfonts, the size and the shape of \lhd and \blacktriangleleft became the same.
    – Name
    Nov 20, 2020 at 10:55
  • @Name That's what MWE (minimal examples that reproduce the issue) are recommended when you ask a question.
    – egreg
    Nov 20, 2020 at 10:57

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