Questions tagged [unicode]
{unicode} is for questions about Unicode (an international standard for character encoding) and its implementations. For questions about input encodings use {input-encodings}.
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Batch correct Latex PDF's with wrong encoding to correct umlauts
at my university the template everyone uses seems to use the standard ot1 encoding. This leads to all umlauts to be correctly displayed but if copied they turn into two characters. Ex. Makro¨okonomik, ...
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Where can I find a table which shows the LaTeX commands for each Unicode Character?
Where can I find a table which shows the LaTeX commands for each Unicode Character if such a command exists?
For example the LaTeX command for ∈ is \in
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Emojis with lualatex
I'm trying to use both the lualatex or xelatex commands to produce my document:
xelatex -shell-escape -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -file-line-error -recorder "book.tex"
or
lualatex -...
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Undefined control sequence error with arabtex package
I am trying to introduce the arabtex package into my document with the following three lines:
\usepackage{arabtex}
\usepackage{utf8}
\setcode{utf8}
However, including these lines in the preamble ...
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Error: Unicode character ^^[ (U+001B) not set up for use with LaTeX
I have the following error message:
(I was unable to find any missing LaTeX packages from the error log Week_4_Data_Analysis_Lab.log.)
! LaTeX Error: Unicode character ^^[ (U+001B)
not ...
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Package inputenc error not understood
There is an error I have that i absolutely don't understand: it comes from this article from which i am trying to include the reference:
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jp993642l
(inputenc) ...
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What's wrong with my Luatex-Xits setup that it can't write Cyrillic in mathmode? [duplicate]
I have a keyboard layout with a layer of Cyrillic letters and use those sometimes in math texts through Luatex (more precisely, the compiler tells me it is using LuaHBTeX, Version 1.16.0). This works ...
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Package CJKutf8 causes problems with text formatting
I'd like to add only one quote in Japanese in my document.
My document looked perfect, but when I added
\usepackage{CJKutf8}
at the beginning and
\begin{CJK}{UTF8}{min}水が綺麗になら虹も一杯\end{CJK}
where I ...
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Help with Indigenous characters (unicode)
I am writing a document in LaTeX and would like to be able to write out Indigenous names correctly. Examples are shown below.
I often use this website for help which allows me to copy and paste into ...
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How to use the Power Symbol (⏻) character in text in LaTeX?
I've tried the solutions from Entering Unicode characters in LaTeX on Overleaf but they are not working.
Attempt 1: When using \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[...
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Use \DeclareUnicodeCharacter with combined Unicode characters
How is it possible to use combined Unicode characters (such as x̃, x̅, X̅, f̅, f᷉, f̂) in a definition of \DeclareUnicodeCharacter?
So something like \newunicodechar{x̃}{\tilde{x}} (using the package ...
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Package to use utf-8 characters in plain LaTeX? [duplicate]
I’m discovering the joy of typing directly UTF-8 characters easily on my keyboard (thanks bépo and/or XCompose), and I’d love to use them to write more readable LaTeX, without resorting to using ...
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Allow consecutive subscripts/superscripts for UTF-8 typing [duplicate]
Is is possible to allow consecutive subscripts/superscripts? I’m discovering the joy of typing UTF-8 characters easily from my keyboard (thanks bépo) and I’d love to be able to type x²ˣ instead of x^{...
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How do I get different glyphs in a font via commands?
In the ebgaramond package there are several glyphs as indicated in the pdf on ctan which gives the code for each glyph. I know commands for some of the glyphs such as \copyright \textonehalf \...
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pdfjam corrupting libreoffice pdf file
Running a simple pdf file containing unicode(non-Latin) characters of the Libertinus Serif font though pdfjam produces a corrupted file in which the unicode characters are not encoded correctly. The ...
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How to get unicode of characters which converted by tex engine?
QA:
Is there a way to log the Unicode characters rendered by each line of source code in the order of the line numbers?
Regardless of whether it is output as a log, is there any way to get the ...
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Sorting order in Marathi
I am creating a document in Marathi, using the package marathi. I want to add a subject index at the end of the document, which I can add by using the imakeidx package. But the sorting order of the ...
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A macro for unicode bold math font
\documentclass{scrbook}
\usepackage[warnings-off={mathtools-colon,mathtools-overbracket}]{unicode-math}
\usepackage[default]{fontsetup}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation*}
\mathbf{R}
\qquad
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Tripple dagger ⹋ in pdflatex?
Does any package provide the Unicode character U+2E4B “⹋” (Triple Dagger) for pdflatex? There was an attempt made here: How to coin a symbol "dddagger"?, but it is not what I am looking for. ...
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Help with some special characters (░█)
I am trying to get these two characters to render properly (░█). So far, I tried using \verb, utf8 encoding, utf8x encoding, using lualatex with a few different fonts following this method. Each time, ...
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XeLaTex does not show unicode symbol
Why doesn't my Unicode chess knight symbol show up in the output when using TexShop and typesetting with the XeLaTex engine?
In TexShop I have
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\begin{document}
1. ♘ df5
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Truncated floor symbol
The Unicode characters ⸤ (U+2E24) and ⸥ (U+2E25) are sometimes used to groups words together in syntactic analysis. For example:
⸤The daughter ⸤of my brother⸥ ⸥ sees ⸤an orange tree⸥ ⸤with her ...
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How may I get hold of U+210B?
When I try to insert and compile the symbol, I just get the error message:
Unicode character ℋ (U+210B) not set up for use with LaTeX. ℋ
How may the problem be resolved?
P.S. Other Unicode symbols ...
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Problem knitting in RStudio [duplicate]
LaTeX Error: Unicode character ^^[ (U+001B)
not set up for use with LaTeX.
keep getting this how do I fix?
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Unicode "uprightdown" and "northeastsoutheast" arrows
Similar to the \leftrightarrow commands, I'd like to create two new commands that are usable in mathmode, specifically as index. The resulting symbol should be of the same size as a single arrow. I ...
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How can I import just one symbol from a package or fix weird LuaLaTeX anomaly?
Most of the world uses ~ (U+007E - Tilde) or ∼ (U+223C - Tilde Operator) to denote similarity. In LaTeX we can use \~{} or \sim.
\documentclass{article}
\title{}
\author{}
\begin{document}
$ABC$ \~{} ...
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Unicode (U+2212) error pops up out of nowhere [duplicate]
Since I've been using an acronym in one paragraph, the unicode error pops out of nowhere.
It is particularly weird, since it appears and disappears from itself when I'm changing something in the text.
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How to type a BOX that occupies the size of a Chinese character symbol
If a Chinese character does not exist in the font, the resulting pdf document will not display the Chinese character correctly and will be replaced with a large box.
Just like this box down here:
The ...
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LaTeX Error: Unicode character − (U+2212) When Trying to Insert Phi, Rho, etc. within Sentence
I have the highlighted sentence showing up in Overleaf using LaTex using the following text/code:
where $\Phi_2$ corresponds to CDF of the bivariate normal
distribution with expectation zero, unit ...
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Unicode and Scientific Word/Workplace
I am working in a group whose leader uses Scientific Workplace (SWP) 5.5. Most other people in the group do not use this software and since MacKichan (spelling?) went bankrupt, there is no way to ...
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Invalid character error: Listings with unicode chars with pdflatex and xelatex
The following code works fine with xelatex. It gives an invalid character error ^^00 with pdflatex. If I comment the line out it works fine. Probably an input encoding problem but can not find the ...
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How do I generate this u with acute accent and under horn?
Below is the photo of the word that uses this letter. The language is Jemez, fwiw.
Is there such a unicode character? What is the name of that "thing" under the letter? How do I obtain it in ...
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Case-folding a string in LuaTeX
I would like to perform Unicode case-folding in the Lua interpreter of LuaTeX running within the TeX Live ecosystem.
Can you suggest whether there is an existing implementation available
in TeX Live, ...
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How can I have automatic line-breaking for URL containing Unicode characters?
Some URLs include unicode characters. For example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durbin–Watson_statistics. All (most?) webbrowsers are able to handle such URLs but some PDF viewers (like Mac's Preview ...
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Can't display Δ in a lstinputlisting: LaTeX Error: Invalid UTF-8 byte sequence (�\lst@FillFixed@)
I have an external JSON-File that contains the character Δ. A document can be built but I get the error: LaTeX Error: Invalid UTF-8 byte sequence (�\lst@FillFixed@).
As it's external I am using:
\...
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LaTeX: Insert within document a Unicode Character which is not contained in the font
I try to insert a Unicode Character \char"2756 (Black Diamond Minus White X) which is not contained in the font newcomputermodern
I need this as a paragraph separator.
So my question:
how to ...
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Windows 11 - Terminal - LaTeX Error - You haven't defined the language [ yet.?
Code in VSCodium
\documentclass[
% remove for less green,
BCOR=12mm, % 12mm binding corrections, adjust to fit your binding
parskip=half, % new paragraphs start with half line ...
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How to find and fix the origin of invalid Unicode character generated by LyX?
I am getting these errors when either directly generating a pdf in LyX or running pdflatex on the generated .tex.
Overfull \hbox (36.72682pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 2163--2166
[][]
[49]
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Not possible to print Unicode A729 character in LaTeX
I tried to display the latin small letter tz - ꜩ with their respective unicode with \symbol or \char but it does not work when I try it in Overleaf.
I looked at the conversion tool if there is a ...
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! LaTeX Error: Unicode character ̆ (U+0306) [duplicate]
since I try to include my literature I get the following unicode error: ! LaTeX Error: Unicode character ̆ (U+0306)
what exactly does this mean and how can I solve this error? Can anyone help me?
Best ...
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Typesetting Non-Latin Unicode Characters with LaTeX
I am writing a package in LaTeX, and would like to have basic macros (e.g. \vulture) for printing almost all the Egyptian hieroglyphs (e.g. U+13150 𓅐 - Egyptian Hieroglyph G14 - Vulture).
As far as I ...
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Unicode characters and subscripts in minted python
using Sympy and print I get the Unicode characters shown below. I am trying to display them in minted. I tried to create the individual characters using newunicodechar. This seem to work for π but the ...
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Biblatex with Biber can not read utf-8 encoded entry in .bib file [duplicate]
I am new to LaTeX. All similar questions I have found so far could be resolved by using biblatex with biber. But this does not work for me.
I have an entry in my .bib file with utf-8 characters. It ...
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How to type these characters in PDFLatex
I want to be able to type the unicode characters of ∫,∘,→,←,×. Specifically, I want to be able to include these into my latex code and have them rendered appropriately on the corresponding pdf. I can'...
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How to type Sigma and Product in PDFLatex
I want to be able to type the unicode characters of Σ and Π in latex. Specifically, I want to be able to include these into my latex code and have them rendered appropriately on the corresponding pdf. ...
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How to print all Greek and Copitc Unicode with LaTeX?
Take a look at the picture below:
Just what I'm going to use Greek alphabet!
PDF link: https://unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0370.pdf
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How to type all math alphanumeric symbols in Unicode in LaTeX?
Take a look at the picture below:
This is the Unicode I want to use!
PDF address: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1D400.pdf
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Incorrect encoding to display characters in table
Words in the table are not readable. How do I use the correct encoding to display the characters? This is my code:
\caption{Generalized search strings for the databases}
\centering
\begin{tabularx}{\...
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StrikeThrough (st) command drops the Unicode letters
The \st command drops the Unicode letters coming at the end.
I use LuaLatex most of the time on TexLive 2020.
Here is my MWE.
\documentclass[a4paper,openany,14pt,oneside,]{extbook}
\usepackage{soul}
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How to print specific symbol by its code?
I would like to print unicode character like this one using it's unicode code. I know there is \char command that allows me to print symbols (e.g. \char48 prints 0). But \char1F40D is evaluated to (\...
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