blank sign
Sem K.
is there a blank (b with a bar, turing machine blanks) character,
in tex or latex?
Thanks in advance,
Sem.
Scott Pakin
> is there a blank (b with a bar, turing machine blanks) character,
> in tex or latex?
Here are a couple of options:
This\textvisiblespace has\textvisiblespace spaces.
This\rlap{/}{b}has\rlap{/}{b}spaces,\rlap{/}{b}too.
Note that the \verb* command and the verbatim* environment automatically
show spaces (as \textvisiblespace).
-- Scott
Walter Schmidt
>
> Hi,
> is there a blank (b with a bar,
\usepackage{textcomp}
...
\textblank
Notice that only few fonts, e.g. Computer Modern,
actually provide this symbol. Most of the popular
fonts from the non-TeX-world have no \textblank.
Walter
Sem K.
it if there is no other command. I was hoping more for a bar over the
vertical line of "b".
I am new to tex/latex, so rlap command is not familiar to me. I guess
it overlaps two characters.
So now I need to create a box, that will make a raised line, and \rlap
it over the bchar.
Sem.
Scott Pakin
The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List contains a section that shows how to
put a bar over a letter and also provides some explanation of the \rlap
and \llap TeX primitives. The list is available from CTAN
(http://www.ctan.org).
-- Scott
Herbert Voss
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\def\tblank{\makebox[0pt][l]{%
\raisebox{1.1\height}{%
\vphantom{b}\rule{.2em}{0.75pt}}}b%
}
\begin{document}
\tblank{}lank \Huge\tblank{}lank
\end{document}
Herbert
Julian V. Noble
\newcommand{\myblank}{\hbox{$\bar {\rm{\bf{b}}}$}}
A\myblank B
If you want you could make it a different color.
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