How do you get a lower or higher tilde/~?

Question

I want to presents hours and say from hour x to hour y by using sample '~'. Please guide me how I can present the symbol "~"?

In contrast to How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX?, I'm particularly interested in controlling the vertical placement of the ~.

how about how-does-one-insert-a-backslash-or-a-tilde-into-latex — cmhughes, Jan 28 '13 at 21:53
If the link given by cmhughes helped, we would close the question as a duplicate, for a clean and structured site. — Stefan Kottwitz, Jan 28 '13 at 21:58
@cmhughes, I used it it gaves the result ut the problem is that ~ is not in the level of line it is a litle bit higher than line. — Hamed Footohi, Jan 28 '13 at 22:03
could you provide a complete MWE that illustrates the problem? :) — cmhughes, Jan 28 '13 at 22:04
Please try the several methods in cmhughes link, there are variations in vertical position. — Stefan Kottwitz, Jan 28 '13 at 22:12

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '13 at 22:21

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In comments you indicated that it is the height of the ~ that is your concern, perhaps one of these does what you want:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

a\textasciitilde b\raisebox{-1ex}{\textasciitilde}c\raisebox{-1.2ex}{\textasciitilde}d\raisebox{-2ex}{\textasciitilde}e

\end{document}

answered Jan 28 '13 at 22:21

David Carlisle

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I’m assuming this question will be closed; we should then merge it into the other question since this answer would be a great addition to it! – doncherry Jan 28 '13 at 22:26
@doncherry Not sure it should be closed, if the title were instead "how do you make a low tilde" it would stand on its own. Despite the title I think the problem is more to do with raising/lowering than with ~. – David Carlisle Jan 28 '13 at 23:39
@doncherry: As the answer stands now, i.e. with a direct reference to the comments on this question, it's not suitable for merging by a moderator. – Martin Scharrer Jan 30 '13 at 07:48
@DavidCarlisle: It's not just the question title. The body clearly just talks about how to inserting the tilde, which makes it a 100% duplicate. It needs to be rephrased to include the shifting requirement. Then it would make a good follow-up question. – Martin Scharrer Jan 30 '13 at 07:50

How do you get a lower or higher tilde/~?

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