Medium white circle like in a bulleted list

Question

I am creating a file that mimics one of Google Doc's preselected formats. The one I selected uses a circle with no fill. However, the $\circ$ command is too small, and $\bigcirc$ is too big. I have also attempted the wasysym command $\Circle$ , but it is too big and blurry.

Here's my current code:

... %preamble stuff
\usepackage{fdsymbol}
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{(\rightarrow)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{(\medblackdiamond)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiii}{(\medblacksquare)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiv}{???} %where I need the circle to go
... %more preamble stuff and document

Depending on how thick you want the circle you could try scaling up \circ \renewcommand{\labelitemiv}{\scalebox{1.3}{$\circ$}} or scaling down \bigcirc \renewcommand{\labelitemiv}{\scalebox{.7}{$\bigcirc$}}. Note that \scalebox requires the graphicx package. — Sandy G, Mar 25 '20 at 21:13

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '20 at 23:27

Since you load fdsymbol, why not use \medblackcircle?

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{fdsymbol}
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{}

\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\( → \)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{\(\medblackdiamond\)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiii}{\(\medblacksquare\)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiv}{\(\medblackcircle\)}%

\begin{document}

\begin{itemize}
        \item Level 1
        \begin{itemize}
            \item Level 2
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Level 3
                \begin{itemize}
                    \item Level 4
                \end{itemize}
            \end{itemize}
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}

\end{document}

You even can change the colour, to make it more gleaming if you want! ; o) — Bernard, Feb 21 '22 at 19:17

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '20 at 19:52

I have used a combination of the MWE of @Bernard and the macro of @Steven B. Segletes here to obtain different dimension of a \bullet:

Is there a black 'dot' symbol that I can use?:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{}
\usepackage{graphicx,scalerel}
\newcommand\fsbullet[1][.8]{\mathbin{\ThisStyle{\vcenter{\hbox{%
  \scalebox{#1}{$\SavedStyle\bullet$}}}}}%
}
\newcommand\ssbullet[1][.6]{\mathbin{\ThisStyle{\vcenter{\hbox{%
  \scalebox{#1}{$\SavedStyle\bullet$}}}}}%
}
\newcommand\tsbullet[1][.4]{\mathbin{\ThisStyle{\vcenter{\hbox{%
  \scalebox{#1}{$\SavedStyle\bullet$}}}}}%
}
\newcommand\fosbullet[1][.3]{\mathbin{\ThisStyle{\vcenter{\hbox{%
  \scalebox{#1}{$\SavedStyle\bullet$}}}}}%
}
\renewcommand{\labelitemi}{\(\fsbullet\)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{\(\ssbullet\)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiii}{\(\tsbullet\)}
\renewcommand{\labelitemiv}{\(\fosbullet\)}%
\begin{document}
\begin{itemize}
        \item First bullet \verb|medium size:\fsbullet|
        \begin{itemize}
            \item Second bullet \verb|small size:\ssbullet|
            \begin{itemize}
                \item Third bullet \verb|tiny size:\tsbullet|
                \begin{itemize}
                    \item First bullet \verb|footnote size:\fosbullet|
                \end{itemize}
            \end{itemize}
        \end{itemize}
    \end{itemize}
\end{document}

In addition, for example, the parameter a give you the dimension/size of the bullet: \ssbullet[1][a].

Medium white circle like in a bulleted list

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