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Some author's name contains special characters like "ł" in Szałowski. The latex code for "ł" is \l.

But if I write the name in bib file as Sza\l owski, the the name contained in the output pdf's reference will be "Szał owski". That is to say, there will be a space in the name.

But if I write Sza\l owski in the main text of latex file, then the name will be ok without space.

So why there will be a space? How to deal special character in bib file?

and a related question: In the main text of LaTeX file, no matter how many space after \l, the output is the same. That is to say, the output of Sza\l owski is the same as that of Sza\l owski, both output "Szałowski". Then what should I do if I want "Szał owski" in the main text.

Joseph Wright
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  • The question about forcing a space is separate from the main part, and has been asked many times. TeX skips spaces after macro names, so you need to force a space with \l\ or stop the space skipping with \l{}. – Joseph Wright Mar 04 '14 at 08:44
  • @JosephWright I found use "{\l}" also works in the main text – user15964 Mar 04 '14 at 08:46

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