Math & Science ⇒ How to draw a Plimsoll??

[rexkykwok]

Just wondering how I could draw a plimsoll, as in the standard state sign (a "O" with a "-" crossing in the centre) used in chemistry, in a latex environment?

[localghost]

You can compose it on your own from different (math) characters.

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\documentclass{article}
\newcommand*{\plimsoll}{{\ensuremath{-\kern-4pt{\ominus}\kern-4pt-}}}
\begin{document}
  Text \plimsoll\ Text
\end{document}
 
 
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Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[josephwright]

See also \standardstate in my chemstyle package.