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James Grimmelman (https://twitter.com/grimmelm/status/1406257482029322250?s=20) posted an idea for a thousands glyph (three vertically stacked sideways zeros). What would be the best way of creating one that would scale appropriately (observe \small \large, etc)?

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JPi
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2 Answers2

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Here's another solution that uses \rotatebox and \resizebox, along with \heightof, a macro provided by the calc package.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calc,graphicx}
\newcommand{\vthou}{\resizebox{!}{\heightof{7}}{%
    \rotatebox{90}{\kern-0.05em000\kern-0.045em}}\kern0.03em}

\begin{document}
\tiny
7\vthou{} \textsf{7\vthou}


\normalsize
7\vthou{} \textsf{7\vthou}


\Huge
7\vthou{} \textsf{7\vthou}
\end{document}
Mico
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  • +1: To add a challenge :), can you make it work with "old-style numbers" (just load the package \usepackage{cfr-lm}, taken from https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/215260)? – Dr. Manuel Kuehner Jun 21 '21 at 02:18
  • I tried \newcommand{\newvthou}[1]{#1\resizebox{!}{\heightof{#1}}{\rotatebox{90}{\kern-0.05em000\kern-0.045em}}\kern0.03em} but the zeros are smaller tzan the number (\newvthou{3}). – Dr. Manuel Kuehner Jun 21 '21 at 02:20
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    @Dr.ManuelKuehner - I'm not sure that using oldstyle digits in this context is a good idea (understatement of the month!): the digits have two different heights, and 5 digits have a portion that juts below the baseline, making for 3 separate values of "totalheight". One would thus have to accommodate 3 different heights of the rotated stack of zeroes as well. I am not going to go there myself; however, if you feel so inclined, you may want to try changing \heightof{#1} to \totalheightof{#1} and shifting down the stack of zeroes via a \raisebox command. – Mico Jun 21 '21 at 04:27
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    Thanks for the follow-up. It was just a weird idea. Again, thanks for replying. – Dr. Manuel Kuehner Jun 21 '21 at 04:41
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand\thsnd{%
 \resizebox{!}{1.7ex}{%
   \shortstack{%
      \rotatebox{90}{0}\\[-.2ex]\rotatebox{90}{0}\\[-.2ex]\rotatebox{90}{0}}}}

\begin{document}


1\thsnd  \textbf{2\thsnd}


\large


1\thsnd  \textbf{2\thsnd}


\Huge


1\thsnd  \textbf{2\thsnd}


\small


1\thsnd  \textbf{2\thsnd}


\end{document}
David Carlisle
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