q: typesetting the word na\"ive
Matt Willis
I am trying to typeset the word "naive" to have the two-dots over the i.
If I use na\"ive I get something with three dots over the i.
I found a non-english table in the LaTeX companion; I thought it might
do the trick but if I use na{\char239}ve all I get is "nave".
Is there a straightforward way to get naive to look right? Or do I have
to switch languages or something
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Matthew Willis Environmental Systems Group
mb...@cornell.edu Cornell University
Thomas Heim
On Thu, 3 Oct 1996, Matt Willis wrote:
> I am trying to typeset the word "naive" to have the two-dots over the i.
> If I use na\"ive I get something with three dots over the i.
> I found a non-english table in the LaTeX companion; I thought it might
> do the trick but if I use na{\char239}ve all I get is "nave".
>
> Is there a straightforward way to get naive to look right? Or do I have
> to switch languages or something
> --
Na\"\i ve (or na\"{\i}ve); same thing with \j for a dotless j.
It's in the manuals.
Cheers,
Tom
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Boris Veytsman (MatSci)
I am trying to typeset the word "naive" to have the two-dots over the i.
If I use na\"ive I get something with three dots over the i.
I found a non-english table in the LaTeX companion; I thought it might
do the trick but if I use na{\char239}ve all I get is "nave".
Is there a straightforward way to get naive to look right? Or do I have
to switch languages or something
What you need is the \" accent over ``dotless i''. The latter is typed
as \i. So your solution is na\"{\i}ve (or na\"\i ve, or na{\"\i}ve or
na\"\i{}ve).
I've heard that DC fonts automatically put dotless i under \". However
if you do not usually typeset non-English texts, you may not want to
install them.
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Good luck
-Boris
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Matt Willis
Matt Willis (That is, I) wrote:
> I am trying to typeset the word "naive" to have the 2 dots over the i.
Aha! it involves the dotless i: na{\"\i}ve
Thanks to everybody who took the time to point this out to me.
Matt
David Carlisle
> Na\"\i ve (or na\"{\i}ve); same thing with \j for a dotless j.
true. If you are using LaTeX then the original poster's original attempt
Na\"ive would also work as long as you are using T1 fonts, as would
Naïve, if using the standard inputenc package.
David
Bernd Raichle
Matt Willis <ma...@mars.cee.cornell.edu> writes:
: I am trying to typeset the word "naive" to have the two-dots over the i.
: If I use na\"ive I get something with three dots over the i.
na\"{\i}ve
: I found a non-english table in the LaTeX companion; I thought it might
: do the trick but if I use na{\char239}ve all I get is "nave".
As a "normal" user never use \char!
For \char239 to work, you have to use T1 encoded fonts, e.g. DC fonts.
Either if you are using these fonts with LaTeX (after
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} in the document preamble) or if you don't
use, but the normally used CM fonts, LaTeX will magically transform
\"{\i} to the correct glyph for both cases ;-)
-bernd
David Carlisle
> Aha! it involves the dotless i: na{\"\i}ve
It is better to use the documented syntax na\"{\i}ve or even na\"\i ve
(or naïve) as the form you give will break any kerning information for
the letters. (I havent checked whether there is any in this case, but
in general it's a bad habit to get into). If you are using OT1 fonts
there will not be any kerning.
David