Text Formatting ⇒ Diagonal fractions

[john.will.wright]

Hello,

I'm trying to write a fraction commonly used for distance and weight, e.g. 3/8". However I can't find a way on LaTeX to write it with the 3 in the top left and 8 on the bottom right, so it'd look a bit like:

3/
/8

as you'd see on say a measure of weight for your weighing scale as opposed to the traditional fraction of one vertically above the other (\frac{}{}) or the solidus with letter horizontally next to each other (3 / 8)

Does anyone know how to do this?

John

[gmedina]

Hi,

perhaps \nicefrac is what you are looking for:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{units}

\begin{document}

\nicefrac{3}{8}

\end{document}

[john.will.wright]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much

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