Not greater than with vertical bar instead of slanted bar

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When I do $\not>$ in LaTeX it gives me not greater than , however I would like the bar to vertical instead of slanted. How do I do that?

how-to-look-up-a-symbol and then pg 38 of texdoc symbols gives \documentclass{article} \usepackage{mathabx} \begin{document} $2\ngtr 3$ \end{document} — cmhughes, Jul 24 '12 at 18:47
\ngtr doesn't work, beause mathabx clashes with another package on several symbols. — Mads Ohm Larsen, Jul 24 '12 at 19:48

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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Overprinting symbols or text is possible \ooalign. The following MWE provides \ngrt and \nlst as math relations:

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\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\ngrt}{%
  \mathrel{\ooalign{$>$\cr\hidewidth$|$\hidewidth}}%
}
\newcommand{\nlst}{%
  \mathrel{\ooalign{$<$\cr\hidewidth$|$\hidewidth}}%
}

\begin{document}
$a\ngrt b\nlst c$
\end{document}

For a quick course in \ooalign, see \subseteq + \circ as a single symbol (“open subset”).

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

Community

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answered Jul 24 '12 at 19:47

Werner

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This one is perfect. :) – egreg Jul 24 '12 at 20:02

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '12 at 18:41

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Something like this, using \rlap to typeset bar, but not move the point?

\documentclass{article}
\thispagestyle{empty}

\begin{document}
$a\rlap{\kern.45em$|$}>b$

\end{document}

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answered Jul 24 '12 at 18:41

Boris

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Your suggestion doesn't work when TeX needs to stretch a line to achieve justified text: the vertical bar will move quite a bit to the left. See this answer for details. – Hendrik Vogt Aug 05 '12 at 09:41

Not greater than with vertical bar instead of slanted bar

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