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Questions tagged [symbols]

{symbols} is about specific non-alphabetic symbols or math symbols, e.g., about looking-up, constructing, or using symbols. For questions about {fonts} or alphabetic {characters} use the respective tag instead.

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I want to display the fallback effect of the CJK font. Here, just use the fandol font (already included in TeX Live) as an MWE I want to input the Tofu (square) with char "F" inside on ...
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How to make the letter Vega? This is a fake Greek letter used in Finance's for volatility. People working in finances accept it as part of the Greek alphabet, but it's not actually in the alphabet, it'...
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I want to create a text box with circled number in it, that is aligned in a straight line with the text, as shown in the picture above. I have tried different methods, but the box always appears ...
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The ac & dc symbols in Circuitikz are a much welcomed addition. However, I could not find a proper way to customize it to a typical application in a multimeter dial with the ac or dc symbol ...
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How to make it so my document uses OT1 by default but I want to mix in a T1 character? I want to mix in a character from T1, but still use OT1 by default. This is different from having a normal T1-...
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The common prime symbol is: this symbol was made using the code ^\prime but there is another variant that is typed with \prime without a superscript What is the name of this "non-superscript ...
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I came across the following extensive list of symbols defined by unicode-math and am struggling to implement them in my document. Attempting to to use certain commands mentioned in the linked list I ...
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When using \big instead of \left \right I get some unwanted extra space. Example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{stix} \begin{document} \begin{align*} \big\langle \star \...
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List of symbols with page numbers based on symbol position I'm using the code below to create a list of symbols consisting of the symbol, description, and page number. The problem is that the page ...
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It seems that \bullet is causing a problem in environment using a complex character set. In my code where I created a NewDocumentEmvironment using a tblr, the problem appears only once, that's the at ...
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Let's take as an example an old request of mine, where I asked to create small symbols (eyes) to indicate the difficulty of an exercise. TikZ or symbol eyes for difficulty of examples/exercises Since ...
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I have a long text in which I frequently use $\dot{A}$, where A may be replaced with some other letter. The dot symbol is small and I would like to enlarge it. Since this is used frequently, an ...
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Trivial question, I know, but I keep forgetting the letters for the command to produce the "is a normal subgroup of" symbol, \unlhd. Does anyone know of what this stands for? It might help ...
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How do I type the "h" on the LHS above in LaTeX?
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I know what it means. I'm just wondering how to write it in LaTeX.
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