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2 Body-text symbols
This section lists symbols that are intended for use in running text, such as punctuation marks, accents,
ligatures, and currency symbols.
Table 1: L ATEX 2ε Escapable “Special” Characters
$ \$ % \% \_ ∗ } \} & \& # \# { \{
∗ The underscore package redefines “_” to produce an underscore in text mode (i.e., it
makes it unnecessary to escape the underscore character).
Table 2: Predefined L ATEX 2ε Text-mode Commands
ˆ \textasciicircum ∗ < \textless
˜ \textasciitilde ∗ a ª \textordfeminine
∗ \textasteriskcentered o º \textordmasculine
\ \textbackslash \textparagraph †
| \textbar · \textperiodcentered
{ \textbraceleft † ¿ \textquestiondown
} \textbraceright † “ \textquotedblleft
• \textbullet ” \textquotedblright
c○ © \textcopyright † ‘ \textquoteleft
† \textdagger † ’ \textquoteright
‡ \textdaggerdbl † r○ ® \textregistered
$ \textdollar † § \textsection †
. . . \textellipsis † £ \textsterling †
— \textemdash TM \texttrademark
– \textendash \textunderscore †
¡ \textexclamdown \textvisiblespace
> \textgreater
Where two symbols are present, the left one is the “faked” symbol that L ATEX 2ε
provides by default, and the right one is the “true” symbol that textcomp makes
available.
∗ \^{} and \~{} can be used instead of \textasciicircum and \textasciitilde.
See the discussion of “˜” on page 115.
† It’s generally preferable to use the corresponding symbol from Table 3 because the
symbols in that table work properly in both text mode and math mode.
Table 3: L ATEX 2ε Commands Defined to Work in Both Math and Text Mode
$ \$ \_ ‡ \ddag { \{
\P c○ © \copyright . . . \dots } \}
§ \S † \dag £ \pounds
Where two symbols are present, the left one is the “faked” symbol that L ATEX 2ε
provides by default, and the right one is the “true” symbol that textcomp makes
available.
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