# Deformat stix package

I am working on a combinatorial games project which requires use of the ⧾ symbol (this looks a lot like a plus, but isn't). The only package (according to the comprehensive LaTeX symbol list) which offers this symbol is the stix package, using the command \tplus. However, importing the stix package makes the formatting for the rest of the document look bad, and I would prefer to change that. A bunch of searching has proved relatively fruitless.

So, I need either a header which provides the full default LaTeX formatting, or a way of importing just this symbol from the stix package. No MWE is provided, as through my testing the stix package is the only variable here.

• What exactly does "formatting for the rest of the document look bad" refer to here? The text surrounding the math environments? If so, you could try \usepackage[notext]{stix2} instead. Mar 13 at 8:42
• why not simply use a small + so it matches the font you are using? But otherwise, the question is a duplicate of several similar ones, eg tex.stackexchange.com/questions/403500/… Mar 13 at 9:03

The only complication is that stix2 defines font its own font encodings. Here are the steps.

### 1. Identify the character

In stix2.sty, look for \tplus to find

\stix@MathSymbol{\tplus}                    {\mathbin}  {symbols2}{"EB}


### 2. Find the font parameters

Look for symbols2 to find

\DeclareSymbolFont{symbols2}      {LS1}{stix2frak} {m} {n}


### 3. Find the font encoding setup

Look for LS1 to find

\DeclareFontEncoding{LS1}{}{}
\DeclareFontEncoding{LS2}{}{\noaccents@}
\DeclareFontSubstitution{LS1}{stix2}{m}{n}
\DeclareFontSubstitution{LS2}{stix2}{m}{n}


Only the first and third lines are needed.

### 4. Make up the code

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\DeclareFontEncoding{LS1}{}{}
\DeclareFontSubstitution{LS1}{stix2}{m}{n}
\DeclareSymbolFont{symbols2}{LS1}{stix2frak}{m}{n}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\tplus}{\mathbin}{symbols2}{"EB}

\begin{document}

$a+b\tplus c\tplus\dots\tplus z$

\end{document}


You can also avoid to waste a math group just for one symbol.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}

\DeclareFontEncoding{LS1}{}{}
\DeclareFontSubstitution{LS1}{stix2}{m}{n}
\newcommand{\tplus}{\DOTSB\tplusbin}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\tplusbin}{%
\mathbin{\text{\usefont{LS1}{stix2frak}{m}{n}\symbol{"EB}}}%
}

\begin{document}

$a+b\tplus c\tplus\dots\tplus z$

\end{document}