What is the font used by \LaTeX?

Asked Feb 05 '17 at 19:56

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I want to create a greetings card written in the same font as the \LaTeX macro (i.e. $\LaTeX$ ).

However, for obvious reasons, it's immensely difficult to create a Google query which gives me the answer. Does anyone know the font used in the $\LaTeX$ macro?

To be clear: I want to create text similar to the LaTeX logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/LaTeX_logo.svg

but I want to write something other than "LaTeX". Is this possible?

edited Mar 09 '17 at 17:32

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asked Feb 05 '17 at 19:56

Mathias Vorreiter Pedersen

Unless you're asking how \LaTeX is defined – for that, $ texdef -t latex LaTeX :-) – Sean Allred Feb 05 '17 at 20:00
it uses the font current at that point in the document. compare \LaTeX, \textbf{\LaTeX}, \textsf{\LaTeX} – David Carlisle Feb 05 '17 at 20:01
Yes; for instance, what does \sffamily\LaTeX look like? What about \sffamily\itshape\LaTeX? – Sean Allred Feb 05 '17 at 20:04
It doesn't usually change shape just for the E, though, which your example does. – cfr Feb 05 '17 at 20:05
I don't quite follow. If I write "This is some font. \LaTeX $\leftarrow$ That is a different font, though. Right?" I get https://www.dropbox.com/s/kxpo6ofns5pummo/Sk%C3%A6rmbillede%202017-02-05%2021.04.12.png?dl=0. They're not the same font. Or am I misunderstanding something? – Mathias Vorreiter Pedersen Feb 05 '17 at 20:05
Oh! I get it! It's the same font, but some of the letters are lowered/raised! I'll edit my question to be more specific. – Mathias Vorreiter Pedersen Feb 05 '17 at 20:07
see http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/11096/36296 for how to lower/raise the letters – samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz Feb 05 '17 at 21:05

What is the font used by \LaTeX?

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