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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Make LaTeX directly recognize unicode symbol
I want to write the document in English, and copy-paste some text from online sources, where unicode symbols are usually used, for example:
$\frac{dω(τ)}{dτ}$
The letter tau is compilable in many ...
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Do exists a tool from unicode to LaTeX?
I am currently looking for a tool that converts a Unicode code to TeX/LaTeX. Actually I have not found anything.
There are many tools on the web that transform a symbol from LaTeX to Unicode but not ...
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Strange behaviour of \dotsc with unicode latin modern font
The spacing with \dotsc is a little "strange"
Here is a MWE:
\documentclass[10pt,a4paper,french]{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[warnings-off={mathtools-colon,...
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Testing bookmark glyphs (testbmgl.tex) fails
After installing TeX Live 2022, I pdflatexed (twice) a local copy of https://github.com/latex3/hyperref/blob/main/test/testbmgl.tex. The resulting bookmarks are quite different to the one created by ...
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Automatically converting XeLaTeX document to work with pdflatex
I've got a Literate Agda document, which contains a large number of unicode characters. It builds nicely with XeLaTeX and life is good.
The problem is that arxiv only supports pdflatex, and I'd like ...
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How can I arrange it so that I can use Greek characters directly in my LaTeX sources?
Support for non-ASCII characters has come a long way since the 1980s, and today we are accustomed, as users of computing devices, to be able to insert arbitrary Unicode characters via differing ...
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Use unicode text in tex document
I try below sample but can not pass compile:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
├── version.txt
└── visible_windows.zip
\end{document}
Error:
! Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text>
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Problem in writing/inserting special symbol [closed]
I am writing text in Latex, but getting error message “Unicode character”. How to correct it?
K(a+b,c-2) +L(a-b,c+1)
Secondly, I want to use arrow therefore using command $\Rightarrow$. But instead ...
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I wish to use "engraved font" type glyphs for set names e.g. 𝔸, 𝔹, ℂ, 𝔻,… (U+1D538 – U+2149) but struggling to find LaTex codes for them
Hopefully LaTex symbols exist for these "engraved font" type of Unicode glyphs for single letters of the alphabet [A-Z][a-z] which are included with many fonts in the Extended Unicode range.
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I have a problem with my Title for my thesis
not set up for use with LaTeX.
See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
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How to insert a single cuneiform (Sumerian) unicode character in a XeTeX document?
I have seen examples of inserting single characters when the font package is known, as in the following example with the character "anchor" using dingbat. But I do not know how to do it with ...
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Emoji in pdflatex?
Update: By adding \def\emojione{\scalerel*{\includegraphics{1F4D5.pdf}}{X}} in the preamble with the respective PDF file, I am able to use emoji in the body text. However, if I put \emojione{} in the ...
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How to escape backticks (any string) to write latex code inside minted block in (lua)latex?
I have seen similar questions (a, b, c) but this one is a bit different.
Yesterday I was so excited to start learning latex and quick enough I discovered packages that can render any source code. But ...
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Use DocStrip (.dtx) with Unicode input
When I compile this file (test.dtx) with tex test.dtx && latexmk -pdflua test.tex, it doesn't support the UTF8 input.
%<*driver>
\input docstrip.tex
\keepsilent
\askforoverwritefalse
\...
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LaTeX Error: Unicode character е (U+0435) [closed]
I copy-pasted a paragraph from my google doc onto overleaf and I'm getting this error. I don't understand what it means and I realise that it has to do something with latex not expecting a character ...
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Unicode chars in URL with XeLaTeX
I want to print an URL with greek chars (compiling with XeLaTeX), but the below script fails to display the greek chars in the URL (they are displayed as underscores), while if I enclose the greek ...
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Xetex and combining unicode characters
I decided to use the combining over arrows like the ones in the following characters: Ω⃗,M⃗,B⃗,Ω⃡,E⃡.
I am using xelatex already because I need the unicode support for other sorts of characters.
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imakeidx: How to enter a mathematical symbol?
I have a file with a math-symbol in the Index, that works fine with the combination of imakeidx/makeindex but reverting it to imakeidx/xindy it just won't work:
\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage[...
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How to print a warning sign (triangle with exclamation point)?
I am interested in including a triangle with an exclamation point (unicode #9888: ⚠) in a tex document. I've looked in the usual places (detexify, etc.) and not found this symbol. The document should ...
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csvsimple struggles with loading UTF-8 characters
I am trying to get csvsimple to load a table column and display its contents in an enumerated list. I got to a point where it works for ASCII characters and even some letters with diacritics, but it ...
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listings package issues in LuaLaTeX, with coloring cyrillic comment in UTF
Coloring cyrillic comment does not work in LuaLaTeX.
How might I be able to resolve this issue?
MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{polyglossia}
\setdefaultlanguage[spelling=modern]{russian}
\...
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Is there a "smooth" version of \Letter?
From the ifsym package I have \Letter, which gives
Is there a smooth version of this? I want something like the Unicode ✉, or
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Is there any way to retrieve saved string in the beginning of document from its end in LuaLaTeX?
There are different types of “registers” in LuaTeX. With totcount package, you can save counter (number) from any place in a document and get its value also in any place in a document with the help of ...
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pgfkeys + hyperxmp + utf8 problem
I am trying define a command where I use pgfkeys to process multiple options. Some of these are used to set meta-information in the pdf using hyperxmp. Example:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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Define "Macron below" / combining low line (U+0332) as a unicode character to underline text
Consider the following (compile with xelatex):
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[verbose]{newunicodechar}
% List of symbols supported by Symbola at
% https://www.fileformat....
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Problems with unicode text in TexText extension for Inkscape
I'm trying to embed unicode text inside LaTeX in Inkscape using the TexText extension. Latin text looks fine, but when I apply this preamble:
\usepackage[russian]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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Using Demotic Alef unicode character with Noto font package and pdfLaTeX
I'm editing some documents for my institution and need a few Demotic (ancient Egyptian script) characters:
Alef: ꜣ and Ꜣ; Unicode: U+A723 and U+A722.
Ayin: ꜥ and Ꜥ; Unicode: U+A725 and U+A724.^1
It ...
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How to get unicode of characters which converted by tex engine?
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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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Conversion from UTF-8 byte sequence to wide character string did not succeed
MiKTeX (on windows) stopped working. It gives this message:
"Conversion from UTF-8 byte sequence to wide character string did not succeed."
launching the wizards.
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\Umathaccent works with Type 1 fonts but not with OpenType
I am in the early stages of experimenting with accents in XeTeX/Unicode. This began because I wanted to be able to use MathTime Pro 2's bold and heavy accents without necessarily making the symbol ...
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Increase size of superscript letter diacritics
I'm working with transcriptions of medieval texts and so have to deal with diacritic craziness while also being limited to the Libertinus Serif font which has dismal support for superscript letters. ...
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Using unicode "combining right arrow above" to generate vector command
This question originated from a confusion created by some Linux
systems where, for some software (editor and browser) the combining
unicode characters appear to apply to the right (instead of to ...
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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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How to use sans-serif italic greek letter in math mode?
I am typing \mathsf{\eta X \eta^\top} to represent 3 matrices multiplying together. I choose to use sans-serif fonts as matrices, but the greek letter \eta cannot be displayed as sans-serif fonts.
I ...
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Command \; invalid in math mode [closed]
I get this warning when I try to compile my latex file.
This is very confusing, I thought \; was a proper way of adding spacing in math mode. Even more confusing is that most lines generating this ...
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How can I access a specific glyph in LuaLaTeX/Fontspec?
The OTF version of Minion Pro contains several Dingbats glyphs I would like to access. Some of them are not unicode, so I can not just copy the specific unicode character I want to access into my text ...
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Big LaTeX delimiters have a weird encoding in the pdf. How can I avoid this?
I noticed recently that changing the size of parentheses in LaTeX results in a different encoding of the text in the pdf (as determined using the copy/paste functionality in my pdf viewer). For ...
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Inserting unicode character with fontspec does not work
I am using XeLaTeX and fontspec and trying to insert a Turkish Lira symbol ₺ into my document. Minimal example:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{xspace}
\newfontfamily\...
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tt and ti characters are not getting copied correctly
I have formatted my resume in Latex using overleaf but when I copy the paragraph to a word file certain characters are not getting copied correctly. For example
Fixed bugs in the fluer mobile ...
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Resizable delimiters with StixTwo OTF without unicode-math
What exactly is involved with setting up delimiters with XeTeX, Unicode, and OpenType fonts? I found this answer https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/692859/224317 which looks promising. I have also ...
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How do \left | and \right | actually work?
How do \left | and \right | actually work, specifically when packages like fontspec or mathspec are involved and unicode fonts are used?
I sort of understand how other kinds of brackets and ...
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Entering Unicode characters in LaTeX
How do I enter Unicode characters in LaTeX? What packages do I need to install and what escape sequence do I type to specify Unicode characters in an ASCII source file?
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TexStudio and TexLive 2021 in Custom Linux OS "Package inputenc error: Invalid UTF-8 byte sequence"
I want to know how to make the symbol can be compiled and shown?
Thus I can use symbol of omega instead of writing $\omega$, or symbol of pi instead of $\pi$.
I am able to do this and compile it in ...
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Off-centred dagesh when writing Hebrew with babel package in LuaLaTeX
I am writing a document in Hebrew with nikud in LuaLaTeX using the babel package. I can't understand why the 'dagesh' (the dot that sits inside letters) is consistently off-centred to the left. Here ...
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New Twitter symbol 𝕩?
I am trying to write the new Twitter symbol to a file
but I don't understand how to use declareunicodecharacter in this case. Does anyone know if it can be generated 𝕩 ?
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Latex error: Unicode character ν (U+03BD)
Using overleaf, I tried to output the following sentence in a pdf form: ...$c$, then the cost of adding $v$ jobs is $vc$, here $c$ and $v$ are parameters.
while compiling the code, there are two ...
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How to use acronym package to use greek letterswhile using unicode greek letters in regular text
I haven't been able to look up an answer for this.
The idea is to use the acronym with the greek letter alpha or gamma for example, while using the regular unicode greek character in the text.
The ...
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How to render unicode symbols?
I have the following latex code.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}
\begin{verbatim}
█ [1:0x561b3f574358] <list>
├─[2:0x561b3e9cd938] <dbl>
├─[3:...
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Expandable macro that extracts the first characters of many words for UTF-8/cyrillic or UTF-8/ASCII string without additional packages
There was a problem to slightly change the macro described in Expandable macro that extracts the first character of UTF-8/cyrillic string without additional packages for the argument which may contain ...
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Unknown Unicode character 128 = U+0080, U+0098, U+0099
I have the same problem which is described here:
Unknown Unicode character 128 = U+0080.
Error because of U+0080, U+0098 and U+0099.
The errors are displayed in my masterdoc in the line directly ...
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