Questions tagged [greek]
greek is about the proper displaying of greek letters and the greek language in general using (La)TeX
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Why does the Greek lowercase o look disproportionately bold?
I'm using unicode-math and I've decided I really like the Latin Modern Math Greek letters better than those from other fonts. Unless it's an illusion, the omicron (o) always seems to look ...
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Double Greek letters (“blackboard”)
Good day!
Does anybody know how to define double Greek letters in the text? There is an implementation using \usepackage{mathbbol}, but this gives an "ugly" variant of writing. :-)
I wish ...
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Beamer: Problem With Capital Greek Letters
I am using beamer and the capital greek letters are displayed as black boxes.
I have found this error in other questions but none of the answers worked for me.
Here is the code
\documentclass[]{beamer}...
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Blackboard bold greek letters
I have the need to use greek blackboard bold letters and for this reason I checked this question and solved the package superposition problem thanks to the answer on this other question.
The problem ...
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Adding bold sans-serif greek letters for math-mode (possibly in cmbright) to ordinary math settings [duplicate]
I'm using almost default settings, with Computer Modern as the main font; I have to stick to it as much as possible, and keep the preamble as short and simple as possible.
Up to now, I've been using (...
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Different CMU Serif Greek font after updating MikTex
I used to have the old MikTex Launcher and I updated it recently to the newest version. I noticed today that the CMU Serif font I used has changed and it is considerably thinner. I'd appreciate any ...
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fontspec Error: The font “Libertinus Serif” cannot be found
I have a short tex file, to be compiled with xetex (eventually I will
be adding IPA, but since the following doesn't work, I have omitted that):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\...
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Automatically support Greek, Hindi and other languages as Unicode chars?
I learned from Davislor answer that I tell LaTeX to warn me if a missing glyph is detected. I can then declare it with this:
\documentclass{article}
\tracinglostchars=2
\usepackage{newunicodechar}
\...
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Make greek numeration [duplicate]
How can I print a counter in the greek alphabet?
\newcounter{nc}
\setcounter{nc}{2}
\arabic{nc} %print 2
\greek{nc} %I'd like to see \beta
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How do I make greek uppercase latters upright/roman again?
For some reason, when I last compiled my TEX code, all uppercase greek letters are suddenly no longer upright. Unfortunately, I don't remember what exactly I changed. I found that the package upgreek ...
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Greek Omega (Ohm) in running text ACM Whitelist conform
I am trying to get a Greek omega letter as an Ohm sign in the running text for my paper. I found a solution using siunitx or textgreek here. Unfortunately, the packages are not on the whitelist of ACM ...
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Matrix Notation: Detect if Argument is Greek Letter (or Command)
I am trying to implement a matrix/vector notation that makes simple bold vectors with
\newcommand{\vec}[1]{\bm{#1}}
and I used to do the same for matrices (with a command \mat). However, I want to ...
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Greek letters like in comprehensive symbol list
I am getting horrible greek letters in my equations (see image below). I would like to get alpha and beta as shown in table 188 of the comprehensive symbol list. Do I have to use some special package?
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this is the work I need to reproduce, kindly help with the coding [duplicate]
The page above has work am trying to reproduce but the Greek numeration with marks in parentheses(bold) and the tree diagram have given me trouble. I don't seem to be getting it right. Am new to latex,...
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How do I use Greek letters to enumerate a list?
how do you change the numbering of a question so that the subparts are numbered with greek symbols like alpha and beta instead of the usual roman numerals?
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Warning when combining textgreek and hyperref package
I am trying to include Greek letters into a section title. The MWE below produces the output desired, but also the warning
Glyph not defined in PD1 encoding,(hyperref) removing `\textalpha'
and the ...
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Greek letter alpha in Tikz [closed]
I would like to print the Greek letter alpha in place of alpha1, alpha2 and alpha3. Ho do I do that?
Here is the code below:
\begin{center}
\begin{tikzpicture}[scale=2, auto,swap]
\filldraw [...
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Package that contains square epsilon
I am looking for an edgy/square epsilon like in the following, but haven't been able to find something.
Can somebody point me to a package that provides it?
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How can the traditional \epsilon be written in revtex?
RevTeX has chosen to use the \varepsilon symbol for both the \epsilon and the \varepsilon: http://www.physics.udel.edu/~bnikolic/teaching/phys660/PDF/revtex4.pdf (p. 25).
Is there a way to re-...
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How do I get a nicer slanted Lambda?
I am trying to get a slanted version of the more "typical" lambda symbol:
Following this post was very helpful to substitute only this particular symbol. My only issue is having it slanted.....
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Missing characters in Greek output due to `\ttfamily`
Unfortunately the next question in the series ASCII text set in Greek script when using \usepackage[greek]{babel} / Missing characters in output due to `\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}`
When ...
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Missing characters in output due to `\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}`
This is a followup question on: ASCII text set in Greek script when using \usepackage[greek]{babel}
When we have a MWE like:
\documentclass[twoside]{book}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[greek]{...
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ASCII text set in Greek script when using \usepackage[greek]{babel}
When we have a MWE like:
\documentclass[twoside]{book}
\usepackage[T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage[russian]{babel}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Š¢ŠøŃŃŠ»ŃŠ½Š°Ń ŃŃŃŠ°Š½ŠøŃŠ°}
More text
\end{document}
we get as ...
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Including .pgf plots with sans serif fonts in a serif document
I am creating the plots and figures for my thesis using matplotlib and save them as .pgf files that I include using
\begin{figure}
\input{myfigure.pgf}
\caption{A caption}
\end{figure}
...
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Pandoc and LaTeX - Greek Hyphenation Problem
I am trying to use Pandoc with LaTeX but I have a problem with the hyphenation for greek, or more specifically the lack thereof. Having activated polyglossia I don't see why it doesn't just work. As a ...
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Unicode-math swallows my backslash [duplicate]
I've got a greek keyboard and enjoy typing the greek letters directly into the mathmode using the unicode-math package. Yet, unfortunately it seems as though there is at least one symbol that does not ...
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PDFLaTeX: changing the font type of the Greek mathematical symbols in formula
Which options do I have to modify the font that PDFLaTeX used to typeset Greek letters in mathematical formulas?
For example:
\textgreek{mvopr} is `textgreek' and $\mu\nu\omicron\pi\rho$ is a ...
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longtable, how to apply greek language?
I need to have for all my tables the labels "Continued on next page" and "Continued from previous page" in greek. Is that possible?
I know that for each table I can define \endhead \endfirsthead \...
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beamer 3.58 problem with helvet and lmodern - problem with upper-case Greek
I have a problem similar to the one asked here.
My minimal working example looks like this:
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{helvet}
\begin{document}
\begin{frame}
$\Gamma \...
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How do I stack accents in ancient Greek?
I want to type, in a XeLaTeX document, the following epigraph (https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/145737?hs=50-58):
The problem is (for example) in the word inside the red rectangle, which is wrongly ...
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Incorrect font of the greek letters while using xepersian
I want to use greek letters in the text with Helvetica font. When I compile the my code in the English version, I get to correct form. I mean, when I compile the following code
\documentclass[12 pt]{...
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Tags for polytonic Greek with babel
Composing with Lualatex + fontspec + babel, the options to pass for the Greek language (if I'm not wrong) should be: greek, greek.polutoniko and greek.ancient.
Now, as you know, there are ...
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Greek letters not displaying correctly
I have trouble with setting up greek letters to be used in SI unit. I need to set up the microseconds unit for my measured value. However, any solution I found online straigh just failed on my end. ...
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Greek letters into upgreek in math mode
Is there a command to map every greek letter typed to its upgreek version?
E.g. if one types $\theta$ they obtain $\uptheta$.
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Freeze with fontspec's Renderer=OpenType + ItalicFont, biblatex, and polyglossia (Greek) [closed]
(Continued in LuaHBTeX Renderer=OpenType + BibLaTeX adventures part 2)
It happens in a very specific situation,
these work fine in other combinations:
BibLaTeX
(Greek works elsewhere)
Polyglossia: ...
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Text alignment in greek is not working
I am trying to align my text in XeLaTeX, but some words seem to fall out of place. The compiled text looks like this
I have read some similar questions and I have already tried the following:
\...
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Upright sans-serif math capital Greek using [lua|xe]latex
Feeding the code
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage{mathtools}%%% loads amsmath internally
\mathtoolsset{mathic=true} %%% See http://tex.stackexchange....
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Social icons in Lyx report
Im writing a report in lyx, in Greek Language, with Kerkis font.
i would like to add social icons on top of my Report with my linkedin profile, email and mob. phone like the ones on the modern cv.
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How do I get some greek letters italic while using \usepackage[symbolgreek, italic]{mathastext}
I'm using \usepackage[symbolgreek, italic]{mathastext} because its the only solution I found to get the desired fonts for my Greek letters. Now I need some of these letters italic. I tried the italic ...
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Greek label using package pdfpages
I'm trying to set a label for a specific page in my pdf in greek.
My code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[greek,english]{...
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Combining Dot Below (U+0323), Greek in XeLaTex
I'm very new to LaTeX. I need to type dots below Greek characters for transliteration/transcriptional purposes.
I am using XeLaTeX because I have to do extensive typing in Greek.
Does anybody know a ...
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How to get small phi ĻĻ? [duplicate]
I'm using fouriernc font package, I saw that it has two different phi's. Ļ which is just $\phi$, but how do I get Ļ?
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Combining French and Greek Babel does not work in dvilualatex
For some reason, there is an error when trying to use French and Greek Babel support with dvilualatex.
Try running the following, and it will work fine with dvilualatex+dvips/dvipdfmx:
\...
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Greek handwriting font with math and (optional) TikZ support
I have been searching for several days for a handwriting font in LaTeX which is capable of:
supporting greek language - either babel+inputenc or babel+utf8 or any possible combination;
supporting ...
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Name of latex font using in the document (see picture) [duplicate]
What is the name of the font used in this latex document? And how can I have the same type of greek symbols?
Thanks a lot !
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Upright Greek letters in textmode and default font
I want to produce a few upright Greek letters in the latex default font. I would use math mode for this purpose, however, it only displays Greek letters in italics. Since I am already using xelatex, I ...
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Index entries and ancient Greek language
I'm using the package polyglossia and I'm building the index with imakeidx. One index, which contains greek words, does not follow the correct alphabetical order.
How could I do to get a correct ...
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LuaLaTeX: Greek letters sometimes have incorrect size
Preface
I tried searching for questions about this problem, haven't found anything, maybe partly because I have no idea what's causing it. My assumption is it's a bug but I may be wrong.
Also, I ...
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Trouble when using Greek characters in \part and \chapter: Capitalization does not work
I am setting up a document for PhD thesis in Greek and I have troubles when I am typing Greek characters in \section{}, \part{}, \chapter{}. When it compiles the section turns out fine although I get ...
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Error with math accent in mathmode
I have a problem with the formula:
F_q=\frac{Q_1 \cdot Q_2}{\epsilon \cdot 4\pi \cdot r^2}\\
\epsilon = \epsilon_0 + \epsilon_{\text{r}} \\
\epsilon_0 : Elektrische Feldkkonstante\\
\epsilon_r : ...
