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Cham
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Looking for a special "double-i" symbol

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I'm looking for a proper symbol to represent the matrix realisation of the imaginary unit. Currently, I'm using \mathds{I}, but I don't like it.

Is there a lowercase "double-i" symbol in LaTeX ? What would you suggest ?

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Cham
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Re: Looking for a special "double-i" symbol

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How can we use Unicode and UTF-8 symbols in the math environment ?

The symbol I may be looking is the "double-i" from Mathematica : ⅈ.

Is there a LaTeX command for this one ?
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Looking for a special "double-i" symbol

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%Compile with lualatex
\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{libertine}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{c}
\setmathfont{xits-math.otf}
$ ⅈ$ \\
\setmathfont{Asana-Math.otf}
$ ⅈ$
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
When talking of unicode, you have to mention XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX. All you need is a font that actually provides the glyph.
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