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by uqan
Tue Mar 08, 2011 4:26 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: \Box italicises my text
Replies: 1
Views: 1389

\Box italicises my text

Hi all,

I want to use \Box (from the latexsym package) as it is just the right size for a checkbox. Unfortunately if I write "\Box tick me" the "tick me" appears in italics.

As best as I can tell, this is because \Box is activating math mode. I can't however find how to disable math mode so that ...
by uqan
Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:49 am
Forum: Graphics, Figures & Tables
Topic: Can you embed graphics in LaTeX code?
Replies: 5
Views: 5939

Can you embed graphics in LaTeX code?

Thanks for the suggestions! The file is definitely vector-based, but unfortunately eps2pgf doesn't work:


ERROR: A PostScript error occurred.
ERROR: Type: Error: /undefined in q
ERROR: Operand stack (max top 10 items):
ERROR: (empty)
ERROR: Execution failed due to a PostScript error in the input ...
by uqan
Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:36 am
Forum: Graphics, Figures & Tables
Topic: Can you embed graphics in LaTeX code?
Replies: 5
Views: 5939

Re: Can you embed graphics in LaTeX code?

Thanks for the quick replies! The image is my employer's logo, unfortunately it's a bit too complex for me to reproduce manually but I do have a vector version in EPS format.

I'll have to look into TikZ, thanks for the suggestion.

I suppose in theory it would be possible to stick an image file ...
by uqan
Mon Feb 28, 2011 5:32 am
Forum: Graphics, Figures & Tables
Topic: Can you embed graphics in LaTeX code?
Replies: 5
Views: 5939

Can you embed graphics in LaTeX code?

Hi all,

I'm using pdflatex to generate PDF files from LaTeX code, and the LaTeX is being generated on the fly by a web page. Because pdflatex is being run by the web server, it only has access to one file (the LaTeX code) so I can't use any of the commands which refer to external image files for ...