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In Fourier, the non-sized slashes / and \backslash are, in my opinion, too small and does not tilt enough compared to their sized version. For example, writing a / b and a \big/ b, we obtain something like below:

a / b

Perhaps it is not very easy to see just like this, but the first slash does not tilt as much as the second one.

I know that in fourier.sty, we have

\DeclareMathDelimiter{/}{\mathord}{operators}{047}{largesymbols}{177}

which explains why / behaves different compared to \big/, as they point to different symbols (similar for \backslash). Perhaps one could change this to

\DeclareMathDelimiter{/}{\mathord}{largesymbols}{177}{largesymbols}{177}

such that they point to the same symbol, and then in some way rescale and reposition it. Changing only this line, however, we get

a / b but worse

where first and foremost the slash is at a very bad position, and secondly has the same size as \big/.

How can I make the non-sized slashes tilt as much as their sized versions, and make them slightly bigger than what they currently are? I still want to be able to simply write a / b, but where the slashes are coherent to their sized versions.

Update: mathdesign's slashes looks good. However, I don't know how to substitute Fourier's with these. Perhaps this post can be of help.

Note: This seems to be very much related to this closed post. Hopefully this can be remained open, as I'm trying to work on a solution.

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As mathdesign's slashes are very similar, it was somewhat easy to replace these two slashes with their counterpart in the Utopia part of mathdesign.

What I obtained was

result

Here is the corresponding code on how to generate this:

\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{scrartcl}

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[draft=false]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{fourier}


\makeatletter
% slash
\DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{mdput}{\hyphenchar \font =45}
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{mdput}{m}{n}{
   <->s * [0.94]  mdputr7t
}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{mdput}{b}{n}{
   <->s * [0.94]  mdputb7t
}{}
\DeclareSymbolFont{newoperators}{OT1}{mdput}{m}{n}
\SetSymbolFont{newoperators}{bold}{OT1}{mdput}{b}{n}
\DeclareMathDelimiter{/}{\mathord}{newoperators}{047}{largesymbols}{177}


% backslash
\DeclareFontFamily{OMS}{mdput}{\skewchar \font =48}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{mdput}{m}{n}{
   <->s * [0.94]  mdputr7y
}{}
\DeclareFontShape{OMS}{mdput}{b}{n}{
   <->s * [0.94]  mdputb7y
}{}
\DeclareSymbolFont{newsymbols}{OMS}{mdput}{m}{n}
\SetSymbolFont{newsymbols}{bold}{OMS}{mdput}{b}{n}
\DeclareMathDelimiter{\backslash}{\mathord}{newsymbols}{110}{largesymbols}{178}


% just to patch sized delimiters in the Fourier font
\def\resetMathstrut@{%
  \setbox\z@\hbox{%
    \mathchardef@tempa\mathcode`(\relax
    \def@tempb##1"##2##3{\the\textfont"##3\char"}%
    \expandafter@tempb\meaning@tempa \relax
  }%
  \ht\Mathstrutbox@1.2\ht\z@ \dp\Mathstrutbox@1.2\dp\z@
}
\makeatother


\begin{document}
This is a demonstration of slash:~$a / b = (a / b)$.


This is a demonstration of backslash:~$a \backslash b = (a \backslash b)$.
\begin{gather}
  a / b
;=;
  a \big/ b
\
  a \backslash b
;=;
  a \big\backslash b
\
  / \mspace{-6mu} \big/
\
  \backslash \mspace{-6mu} \big\backslash
\end{gather}
\end{document}

This was achieved by looking at how mathdesign's Utopia loads the symbol fonts operator and symbol and port it here.

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