How to insert a trademark symbol? (tm)

Question

How do you insert a trademark symbol in LaTeX? That is, the "TM" superscript.

\textregistered creates a ® while \textsuperscript{TM} puts TM as superscript in text mode. — Pouya, Apr 01 '14 at 17:01

score 82 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '14 at 17:12

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Package textcomp adds symbols with TS1 encoding and provides symbol \texttrademark:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{textcomp}

\begin{document}
\textsuperscript{TM} or \texttrademark
\end{document}

answered Apr 01 '14 at 17:12

Heiko Oberdiek

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Great thanks! One more question: when I use \texttrademark, the space following it gets removed (even though I include a space after it in the source code). For example, "somenameTMis a..." but I'd like "somenameTM is a..." – MD004 Apr 01 '14 at 17:28
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@MD004: \texttrademark\ is a (or \texttrademark{} is a), see Space after LaTeX commands. – Heiko Oberdiek Apr 01 '14 at 17:34
Actually even easier is adding a ~ will force latex to add a space. – Whitecat Nov 18 '15 at 17:58
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@Whitecat ~ can be used, when a line break is to be prevented after the trade mark symbol. – Heiko Oberdiek Nov 18 '15 at 19:06
It's interesting that I tried using \textregistered in a Memoir title with PDFLaTeX and the (R) symbol looks horrible up close. The R is too close to the top of the circle. – Rick Henderson Mar 14 '17 at 19:00
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@RickHenderson The outcome of \textregistered depends on the font and the font encoding. This question is about the trade mark symbol. Therefore, \textregistered is a little of topic here. – Heiko Oberdiek Mar 14 '17 at 19:13
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@RickHenderson See, for example: how to get good looking copyright and registered symbols – Heiko Oberdiek Mar 14 '17 at 19:15

score 23 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '17 at 12:29

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Note that LaTeX supports and shows correctly also the ™ character.

(tested with \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc})

answered Oct 13 '17 at 12:29

Salvioner

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Nice! This is a much neater solution IMO – tdc May 24 '18 at 12:52

score 13 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 27 '21 at 09:38

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Just use

\textsuperscript{\texttrademark} % for ™

and

\textsuperscript{\textregistered} % for ®

answered Apr 27 '21 at 09:38

Nermin

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 21 '22 at 19:21

You can simply use \texttrademark in the text. The underlying character (for at least most fonts) is already raised off of the line to give a superscript-like appearance.

Spacing notes:

No space needed between the previous "word." This ensures the TM is properly attached to the text/name.
Sometimes there is not enough space added after the TM mark. In which case you can add curly braces, as in, \texttrademark{} and it should work.

How to insert a trademark symbol? (tm)

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