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Re: mathematical symbols?

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From: Michael G. Stoecker
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 11:39
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In article <4918@tuegate.tue.nl> johan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Johan Wevers) writes:

>In article <4330@drsrv1.hmi.de> dej@drsrv1.hmi.de (Andreas Schulz-Dieterich) writes:
>>We're looking for the symbols of natural and real numbers in LaTeX:
>>                              __
>>             | |\   |      | |  \
>>             | | \  |      | |__/
>>             | |  \ |      | | \
>>             | |   \|      | |  \
>>
>>(ASCII offers very poor capabilities but you will understand.)
>>
>>Any hints appreciated. Thanks in advance,
>>-Andreas

>Try: \newcommand{\RR}{\mbox{I\hspace{-1ex}R}}
>and \newcommand{\NN}{\mbox{I\hspace{-1ex}N}}

>If you prefer the symbols in italics, symply remove the \mbox and
>use them in math mode.

>***********************************************************************
>* J.C.A. Wevers          *       _\       /e+  _\   _   /e+           *
>* johan@stack.urc.tue.nl *    1  u \  X  /     d \  X  /           2  *
>**************************  P=-|    >---<    +    >---<   + ......|   *
>* Physics is really all  *    N    /     \       /     \              *
>* there exists.  Me.     *        /d     u\     /u    d \             *
>***********************************************************************


Better yet, retrieve the bbold fonts from one of the archive sites.
The bbold font is blackboard style letters and symbols, precisely what
the original poster wants.

Mike Stoecker
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