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Refers to the calligraphic {math-mode} font accessed via \mathcal.

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A calligraphic font with small (lowercase) letters

Is there a widely available calligraphic font that (1) contains small (lowercase) letters and (2) has a recognizably calligraphic capital letter O? Background. (1) In mathematics (algebraic geometry),...
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Are there two different versions of the \mathcal{F} character?

I've seen two different versions of the \mathcal{F} character: Version 1 (see the \mathcal{F}): Version 2: Notice that the top horizontal line of the F curves down on the left much more in version ...
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LaTeX font for 'old-fashioned' script characters

Browsing through a copy of Counterexamples in Analysis (Gelbaum & Olmsted), I'm quite enjoying the typeface used for 'script' letters (see links to examples below); visually it's somewhere ...
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svmono template and `\mathcal`

Why, with Springer's svmono template, do the letters written with the \mathcal font change? It seems that \mathcal becomes \mathscr. Edit: Look at this image: With the svmono template \mathcal ...
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LaTeX \mathcal{w} has strange printout

The follwing LaTex lines don't print out what I hope to see: calculate $\rho_i^{t} = \| \mathcal{w}_{i}^{t} - \mathcal{w}_{i}^{t-1} \|_2$ what I get instead of the two w is that: Can anyone help me ...
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problem with \mathcal in MIT Thesis package

I am using this thesis template, and I am using the following packages: %\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,oneside,leftblank]{mitthesis} % commented out by suggestion \documentclass{article} \usepackage{...
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\mathcal doesn't have the usual output

I used these commands in order to have along with the \mathcal{L} a calligraphic L as well \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{calrsfs} \DeclareMathAlphabet{\...
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Fonts used in SVMult package - problem with `\mathcal`

I am using SVMult class (Springer package for contributed books). By default the document includes the following packages: \usepackage{mathptmx} % selects Times Roman as basic font \usepackage{...
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Composition of \mathbb and \mathcal

Is there any method to compose \mathbb and \mathcal, that is, to obtain a blackboard version of the caligraphic style? Something like: but maybe not so ugly!
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Bold calligraphic typeface

I know \mathcal{ABC...}, but can't bold these
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How to make calligraphic numbers available with `unicode-math`?

I use xits-math.otf with unicode-math with XeLaTeX. It defines calligraphic upper case letters, but I need calligraphic lower case letters and especially numbers as well. I tried this: \...
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mathcal and mathdesign with svjour class

I'd like to use mathdesign but I still want regular old mathcal. In this question it was suggested to use \let\mathcal\undefined \DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathcal}{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n} which works fine ...
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Using `\mathcal` With and Without Package

This is going to seem like a simple question. However I hope it gets answered nonetheless. So, I want to be able to use the default \mathcal font setting AND the eucal-package font setting as well. ...
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Sorting an Acronym entry with \mathcal{} with Glossaries package

I'm using the glossaries package for my list of acronyms with the following options: \usepackage[acronyms,nopostdot,nogroupskip,nonumberlist,nomain,shortcuts]{glossaries} \makeglossaries \input{...
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Mathcal in fouriernc package

I like to use fouriernc package. But unfortunately the mathcal font in this package doesn't look nice to me and I would like to ask if it is possible to use this package while changing the mathcal ...
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How to Automatically Produce Separated Words Using the Mathcal or Pazocal Fonts

Consider the code: \documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} \usepackage{amsmath,amssymb} \usepackage{calrsfs} \DeclareMathAlphabet{\pazocal}{OMS}{zplm}{m}{n} \SetMathAlphabet\pazocal{bold}{OMS}{zplm}{bx}...
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Mathtime and (unwanted) bold version of \mathcal

I have mathtime (not the new fancy MTPro2, but rather, the version from the early 1990's). I learned this summer how to use \DeclareMathVersion so that I could have some chapters in my document that ...
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