How to vertically center \textbf{.}?

Question

This MWE is close but not exact :

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\cdot$\raisebox{2pt}{\textbf{.}}$\cdot$
\end{document}

What's the problem with $\bm{\cdot}$ (with \usepackage{bm})? — egreg, Feb 23 '18 at 09:32

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '18 at 02:28

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
$\cdot\vcenter{\hbox{\textbf{.}}}\cdot$ but what is that good for, or why is it
better than \verb|\boldsymbol|: $\cdot\boldsymbol{\cdot}\cdot$
\end{document}

answered Feb 23 '18 at 02:28

i couldn't get \boldsymbol to work – Randy Randerson Feb 23 '18 at 02:30
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@RandyRanderson but in my answer it works.... or can't you load amsmath? – Feb 23 '18 at 02:31
i don't know. the first thing works. it's for lists – Randy Randerson Feb 23 '18 at 02:32
@RandyRanderson Please note that the first thing is not perfectly aligned with \cdot and also depends on what you put around it. I'm using \vcenter mainly for putting diagrams into equations. But it might work well with lists. Other options include tiny bullets. – Feb 23 '18 at 02:34
It's close enough. Don't know why \bm doesn't work. – Randy Randerson Feb 23 '18 at 11:59
It will make letters bold but not \cdot – Randy Randerson Feb 23 '18 at 11:59
I think the mathabx package is causing the problem – Randy Randerson Feb 24 '18 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '18 at 02:34

Just a kludge but this works

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
 \phantom{x}
 \vfill
$\cdot$\raisebox{2pt}{\textbf{.}}$\cdot$
\vfill
 \phantom{x}
\end{document}

To get the exact page center vice text space then you have to adjust margins and footer and header size.

How to vertically center \textbf{.}?

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