How to place a slash (/) over the letter ð?

Question

How can I type the letter ð with a slash across it? I have tried the solutions proposed in How can I place a "slash" -- / -- through a letter in this way? but they do not work for the letter ð, or letters with diacritics like á or ä.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\usepackage{cancel}
\begin{document}
$\cancel{d}$
$\cancel{ð}$
${d\mkern-7.5mu/}$
${ð\mkern-7.5mu/}$
\end{document}

The log says clearly that there is no ð in the math font. But I'm not really sure this should actually be math... what's the symbol's purpose? — campa, Aug 22 '22 at 09:37
I am citing a source that uses that symbol. It's used to show that the letter isn't pronounced. — user278663, Aug 22 '22 at 09:41
@campa Is this an help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67884480/why-cant-i-show-the-%C3%B0-symbol-in-latex? or https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/508106/letter-edth-for-latex — Sebastiano, Aug 22 '22 at 09:42
@campa You can see if the 2nd link it is a possible related with the question? — Sebastiano, Aug 22 '22 at 09:46
never use both of these in the same document \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage{fontspec} use ``\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}with pdftex and\usepackage{fontspec}` with luatex/xetex — David Carlisle, Aug 22 '22 at 10:18
@Sebastiano both of those links are about 8-bit pdftex fonts so not relevant here. — David Carlisle, Aug 22 '22 at 10:33
@DavidCarlisle I have undersood. Thank you very much always. — Sebastiano, Aug 22 '22 at 17:17

David Carlisle · Accepted Answer · 2022-08-22T10:54:00.820

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You can use Unicode Combining /.

Unicode has two, short U+0337 ̷ and long U+0338 ̸

The exact positioning on the base character depends on the font

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
% no!\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\begin{document}
d ð ä d̷ ð̷ ä̷ d̸ ð̸ ä̸
\end{document}

edited Aug 22 '22 at 10:54

answered Aug 22 '22 at 10:26

David Carlisle

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Thank you. Can you explain how to generate those for other letters? I can copy and use the ones you posted but don't know how to substitute the letter. – user278663 Aug 22 '22 at 10:40
@user278663 it depends on your editor, how did you type ð in your question? If it is not clear how to enter ̷ You can use ^^^^0337 for the short one and ^^^^0338 for long so ð^^^^0337 or even ^^f0^^^^0337 for an all ascii version all make the same output. – David Carlisle Aug 22 '22 at 10:47
I use Overleaf and just copy and paste the characters that are not in my keyboard. – user278663 Aug 22 '22 at 11:00
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@user278663 you can copy ̷ and put it after any base letter but using ^^^^0337 might be easier – David Carlisle Aug 22 '22 at 11:01

How to place a slash (/) over the letter ð?

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