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Article #10622Re: Cents symbol
From: Robert A. G. Seely
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:07
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:07
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In article <1jm17cINNq7@gap.caltech.edu> mmalak@cco.caltech.edu (Michael Jay Malak) writes:
>jwarner@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack E. Warner) writes:
>
>>Tod McQuillin <tm8t+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>>>Is there a way to typeset the symbol for cents in [La]TeX? It's the
>>>symbol that looks like a 'c' and a '/' on top of each other. I've
>>>been using (LaTeX)
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>>>\newcommand{\cent}{\,\makebox[0in]{c}\makebox[0in]{/}\,}
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>>>but this is too ugly for words. What obvious solution am I missing?
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>The TeXbook suggests \def\cents{\hbox{\rm\rlap/c}} .
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>--
>Michael Malak | 1. All syllogisms have three parts.
>mmalak@looking_glass.caltech.edu | 2. Therefore, this is not a syllogism.
I use \sf instead of \rm - a little better I think, but that's a matter of
taste.
-rags
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