0

LaTeX has a lot of different fonts and symbols that can be used in math mode (see What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?). However the capital G character in these fonts are either based on the traditional roman alphabet (they literally look like this G) or are a script variant resembling the following image:

enter image description here

While some may like this style, I am personally more a fan of the alternate script G (common to cursive and certain logos like General Mills):

enter image description here

This is a vector based drawing I made of that variant. My question is how can I best include this single letter so that way in math mode I can call it?

Following @PietvanOostrum's answer I now have:

enter image description here

which, while not perfect, I like better than the alternative: enter image description here

for describing a directed graph G with vertex set V and arc set A.

Or now a third variant based on kurrent: enter image description here

V and A are made by the \mathbf{} command.

How come they are raised so high?

Community
  • 1
SumNeuron
  • 483
  • 2
    that's a G? :-) Do you want to include the drawing (in which case \includegraphics) or do you have a font with a glyph that shape (which I would never have guessed to be a G!) in which case we'd need to know the font name and character number to suggest any code. – David Carlisle Dec 07 '16 at 13:15
  • It is a variant of the cursive G. Google Image search cursive G and it will be there :) I do not have a font with a glyph like that currently. I can download one, where there are many. I just didn't know what is the best approach - use a font, or an image? – SumNeuron Dec 07 '16 at 13:19
  • image is easier just \includeimage[height=1.2ex]{myg} but depends a bit whether you want cut and paste or search from the pdf to "know" it's a G in which case a font would be easier, if you have one – David Carlisle Dec 07 '16 at 13:21
  • 1
    I would guess few readers would be able to read such a symbol though. – David Carlisle Dec 07 '16 at 13:25
  • See also http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/14386/importing-a-single-symbol-from-a-different-font – John Kormylo Dec 07 '16 at 15:08

1 Answers1

2

I think the best solution would be to put it in a fonts, maybe as a replacement for the letter G in a copy of an existing font. You could do this for example with fontforge.

As second best I would recommend to put the image inside a `mathord` command. In that case it would be best to use a PDF version, as that would be scalable. Here is an example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calrsfs}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand\varG{\mathord{\raisebox{-0.15em}{\includegraphics[width=1em]{varG}}}}
\begin{document}

\Huge
\[ \left( \mathcal{G} = \varG \right) \]

\end{document}

where varG.pdf would be the image file.

enter image description here

I would also recommend to make it a bit fatter.

Pieter van Oostrum
  • 16,203
  • Thank you for you answer. I know some people are not a fan of this alternate G, but something about the standard script G used to define a graph doesn't look right... – SumNeuron Dec 07 '16 at 14:40
  • I added some edits above. How come the arguments in \left( and \right) are raised? – SumNeuron Dec 07 '16 at 14:47
  • 1
    They are not raised. This is the normal height. Look for example at Text G(V, A) and math $F(x, X)$. You will see that the parentheses are such that they are centered around the small letter x. Which means that if you put a capital inside, the capital looks raised, but it is not. It's just that the parentheses are sticking a bit below the baseline. – Pieter van Oostrum Dec 07 '16 at 16:26