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couperc
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Tau variations

Post by couperc »

Hi

Trying to get a particular style of tau symbol in latex but have had no luck.

http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/~couperc/tau.JPG

The tau on the left (Latex) is the one I'm getting but the tau on the right (MS Word) is the one that I want.

Anyone know if there's a particualr font or language that will give me the style of symbol I want (if it was a language I could use the babel package or similar)

Thanks

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gmedina
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Tau variations

Post by gmedina »

Hi,

try the kpfonts:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{kpfonts}
\begin{document}
$\tau$
\end{document}
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couperc
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Re: Tau variations

Post by couperc »

Will this affect the whole document?

any way i can use it just for that particular tau?
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gmedina
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Tau variations

Post by gmedina »

couperc wrote:Will this affect the whole document?..
Yes, it will.
couperc wrote:...any way i can use it just for that particular tau?
No, you cannot, at least not if you use the kpfonts package.

A better option then would be to use the upgreek package to have access to upright Greek letters at will:

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Code, edit and compile here:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{upgreek}
\begin{document}
$\tau$
$\uptau$
\end{document}
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