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Does anybody know how to make the following symbol in LaTeX? I think it is some calligraphic \mathcal{E}.

It is not anywhere in this table and online font recognizers do not recognize it.

The general font in the book I got this symbol from, Introduction to Quantum Optics by Grynberg, is not very extraordinary: this is a formula containing the strange symbol:

If you can't find it in a font, you can always import it as a graphic and adapt it via https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/224357/create-latex-symbol-from-vector-graphics/224359#224359 — Steven B. Segletes, Jun 23 '17 at 13:29
A marginally close representation: (http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/frenchcursive/) via \documentclass{article} \usepackage[default]{frcursive} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \begin{document} E \end{document} — Steven B. Segletes, Jun 23 '17 at 13:35
@ChrisH, it comes from the book "Introduction to Quantum Optics" from Grynberg, page 314 for example. It represents something like the complex amplitude of one mode of the electric field. — Carucel, Jun 23 '17 at 13:51
I can't see that page online, but something similar to a normal \mathcal{D} is used in other notation in the book. It doesn't seem to use any unusual fonts on pages I can preview. — Chris H, Jun 23 '17 at 13:58
@JohnKormylo, thank you for your help, but those do not remotely look like the symbol in my question. — Carucel, Jun 23 '17 at 14:26
I was guessing based on other letters from The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List (page 76). — John Kormylo, Jun 23 '17 at 14:33
Online font matching site suggests it is from Typo Upright font or Linoscript font — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Jun 23 '17 at 14:42
You can see the E of Linoscript here: https://i.stack.imgur.com/6eXUc.png In case you happen to have this font, you should be able to use it with xelatex or lualatex — samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz, Jun 23 '17 at 14:54
@samcarter -- that's the beast. you should post that as the answer. — barbara beeton, Jun 23 '17 at 15:05

samcarter_is_at_topanswers.xyz · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-23T15:19:38.900

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Online font matching sites suggests this symbol is from Linoscript font or Typo Upright font. I think it is the former, as the spiral in the lower part of the E is a bit different.

In the following image you can see an example of Linoscript (from https://www.linotype.com/45918/linoscript-product.html):

And of Typo Upright (from https://www.linotype.com/1086717/typo-upright-regular-product.html)

In case you have this font installed on your computer, you can use xelatex or lualatex in order to use the symbol in your document.

edited Jun 23 '17 at 15:19

answered Jun 23 '17 at 15:11

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Very nice sleuthing! – Steven B. Segletes Jun 23 '17 at 15:39

Bernard · Answer 2 · 2017-06-24T23:26:20.113

It also looks very much like TypoUpright BT (originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton in 1905 as a reproduction of the 19th century French Ronde), which can be obtained freely from myfontfree.

Here is a demo with xelatex:

    \documentclass[12pt]{article}
    \usepackage{fontspec}
    \pagestyle{empty}
    \newfontfamily{\uprightcal}{TypoUpright BT}

    \begin{document}%

    Some text.

    \Huge\uprightcal{E}

    \end{document}

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