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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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}`
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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{Титульная страница}
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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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 φϕ? [duplicate]
I'm using fouriernc font package, I saw that it has two different phi's. ϕ which is just $\phi$, but how do I get φ?
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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 : ...
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Some characters like ϕ not getting compiled to pdf [closed]
I have been struggling to show the character 'ϕ' to show up in my compiled PDF. It happens with some greek letters, but some get compiled. Is there any specific font family or package to use to help ...
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Greek aspiration marks in mathmode
I want to write in math-mode greek letters with aspiration marks. I've found the list of accents in math-mode here, but this list doesn't contain aspiration marks (like, for example, in this letter: ἁ,...
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compile/interpret matlab code with one single greek character with matlab prettifier
I use the matlab prettifier package with the matlab editor option to compile a file containing matlab code in LaTeX. Question: is it possible to somehow insert a LaTeX-like command for a single ...
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Barred Greek letter Upsilon and Z in latex
I need to have a barred Upsilon in math equation ($\boldsymbol\Upsilon$) in latex. How can write it? Moreover, I need the barred $\boldsymbol{Z}$ to use in math equation. Thanks.
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How do I write Greek in LaTeX on a Mac?
I have this:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[greek,english]{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\begin{document}
Hello \textgreek{κόσμος}.
\end{document}
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How to change an english LaTeX template to accept greek main text?
New to LaTeX here. My goal is to write a thesis in greek. If possible, I would prefer an answer which uses polyglossia package instead of babel. I have made a simple test document using the former ...
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Using (something very like) the standard symbol font Greek letters to set a bit of classical Greek?
In the context of a logic book, set using LaTeX/pdftex in Computer Modern, I'm using Greek letters from the standard math symbol alphabet as symbols.
But on a few occasions I want to typeset an ...
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Problem with bold greek using MastersDoctoralThesis class in LaTeX
If using Doctoral Thesis Latex template (source https://www.latextemplates.com/template/masters-doctoral-thesis) I've found out that using bold greek in math mode produces wrong symbols (e.g. $\mathbf{...
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Why does \alpha (outside of math mode) create a double quote?
I am not an experienced TeX user, so maybe this is obvious, but searching did not yield me anything.
I wanted to write a lowercase greek alpha, so I used the \alpha command, at first outside of math ...
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Code in latex for document of non latin alphabet
I need to include a code in a document written in greek. I found the command to include the code as it is written, but the letters appear with the greek alphabet in the compiled version. Does anybody ...
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How to temporarily replace Latin characters with Greek
Often I am typing equations with many Greek characters in them, and it becomes cumbersome to type out the commands for them all. I would like to make a command or environment that replaces Latin ...
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Inserting uppercase greek directly into mathmode with fontspec
This solution for inserting lowercase greek directly in mathmode works just fine for me.
However I have not yet been able to use the same trick for uppercase letters.
What went wrong?
Here is a ...
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! Package inputenc Error: Unicode character α (U+03B1)
I try running Texmaker on a new pc and I get multiple errors when trying to use greek letters. I use the same packages as my old pc which worked fine but now I get these errors.
\documentclass[12pt]{...
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Is this symbol a ξ(\xi) or ζ(\zeta)? What is the latex of this symbol?
I am learning this post, and this is the first equation on that post.
I cannot tell it is a ξ (\xi) or ζ (\zeta).
Which one it is, how to render this symbol?
(if I need to split the following to a ...
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Greek symbol fonts in latex
I'm an engineering student currently working on the thesis. I'm using the math font package newtxmath, which generates the greek letter \nu as:
while the symbol font I want is:
I have been trying so ...
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Clarifications about using Greek
This helps, but not entirely.
https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/69901/how-to-typeset-greek-letters
Package greek-fontenc Error: character �\GenericError {(inputenc)
}{Package inputenc ...
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Summation index x in (set inclusion) big chi [duplicate]
I am trying to write \sum_{x \in \Chi, y \in \Upsilon} to denote a summation whose index is with small x in big Chi, and small y in big Upsilon (summation over all possible values of two discrete ...
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Greek in Latex malfunctioning, again
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{memoir}
\usepackage[T1,T2A,LGR]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}\usepackage[polutonikogreek,latin,english,german,french,dutch,italian,spanish,russian]{babel}
\...
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Different versions of \theta
When I try to write \theta, the displayed symbol is different from the usual symbol (as shown in figure). It is not closed, rather looks more like \vartheta. How can I get the closed theta symbol?
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Upside down reversion for a Greek letter
How do I type in LaTeX a Greek letter, say \Omega reflected along baseline?
I might have included a picture for what I mean but it should be clear anyway.
If not clear: I want to type a Greek letter ...
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Converting Latin characters to Greek
Is there a package or simple method to generate Greek characters from their Roman counterparts?
Like, for instance:
\greek{a} would generate \alpha
\greek{b} would generate \beta
\greek{B} would ...
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