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Michael Evans

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Sep 6, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/6/97
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Dear Tex Newsgroup readers,
I am a new user of Latex 2e, using Oztex 3.0 on a Macintosh. I would
like to use the permil symbol (parts per thousand), but can't find it in
the standard list of mathematical symbols, the AMS symbols, or WASY
symbols. Currently I am using

\def\permil{\mbox{$^{\circ}$\hspace*{-.55mm}/\hspace*{-.55mm}$_{\circ\circ}$}}

But is there a better source for this symbol?

Many thanks for your help,
Mike Evans

Berthold K.P. Horn

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Sep 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/8/97
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Michael Evans <mev...@ldeo.columbia.edu> writes:

> I am a new user of Latex 2e, using Oztex 3.0 on a Macintosh. I would
> like to use the permil symbol (parts per thousand), but can't find it in
> the standard list of mathematical symbols, the AMS symbols, or WASY
> symbols. Currently I am using

> But is there a better source for this symbol?

The perthousand symbol is in most text `PostScript' text fonts. if
you are using some encoding that exposes this symbol, then you should
be able to use \textperthousand to get it.

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Berthold K.P. Horn mailto:bk...@ai.mit.edu
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Sep 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/8/97
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>Michael Evans <mev...@ldeo.columbia.edu> writes:
>
>> I am a new user of Latex 2e, using Oztex 3.0 on a Macintosh. I would
>> like to use the permil symbol (parts per thousand), but can't find it in
>> the standard list of mathematical symbols, the AMS symbols, or WASY
>> symbols. Currently I am using
>
>> But is there a better source for this symbol?
>
>The perthousand symbol is in most text `PostScript' text fonts. if
>you are using some encoding that exposes this symbol, then you should
>be able to use \textperthousand to get it.

You could also \usepackage{textcomp} and \textperthousand.


Peter Breitfeld

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Sep 8, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/8/97
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On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Michael Evans wrote:

: Dear Tex Newsgroup readers,
: I am a new user of Latex 2e, using Oztex 3.0 on a Macintosh. I would


: like to use the permil symbol (parts per thousand), but can't find it in

:
:
There is \permil in the wasy-font.

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Axel Reichert

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Sep 10, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/10/97
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Peter Breitfeld wrote:
>
> On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Michael Evans wrote:
>
> : Dear Tex Newsgroup readers,
> : I am a new user of Latex 2e, using Oztex 3.0 on a Macintosh. I would
> : like to use the permil symbol (parts per thousand), but can't find it in
> :
> :
> There is \permil in the wasy-font.

Or

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
...
\textperthousand

Happy TeXing!

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Axel Reichert --
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