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How do I type XeTeX logo with rotated E in XeTeX itself as can be seen here ?

user2925716
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The package to use is metalogo (which xltxtra loads and uses for the logo).

Don't load xltxtra which does also other things, mostly unwanted.

Besides, metalogo can be used with any engine.

You can also employ hologo, but metalogo provides functions that help to adapt the (La)TeX related logos to different fonts.

Consult the documentation of both packages for more details. In the example, I use both, but metalogo is normally to be preferred.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{hologo}
\usepackage{metalogo}

\begin{document}


\texttt{hologo}: \hologo{XeTeX}


\texttt{metalogo}: \XeTeX


\end{document}

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egreg
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Load the package xltxtra by issuing the command

\usepackage{xltxtra}

in the preamble. Then the controls sequence

\XeLaTeX

yields the XeLaTeX logo with a mirror reflected E.

Sebastiano
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Narayanaswami
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  • Works fine. And the macro primitive can be given ? – user2925716 Aug 09 '20 at 20:04
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    @user2925716 in that package (actually in the metalogo package that is loaded by xltxtra) the macro is defined as \Xe \kern \xl@kern@XeLaTeX@eL \LaTeX. In turn, \xl@kern@XeLaTeX@eL is defined as -.125em. So, \Xe, then a small negative horizontal space, then \LaTeX. The \Xe macro is defined as an X followed by an Unicode Ǝ (if available) or a regular E in a \reflectbox (if Ǝ is not available). – Marijn Aug 09 '20 at 20:21
  • @Marijn Could you at best give a MWE of your $\Xe$ ? – user2925716 Aug 09 '20 at 20:44
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    It may go without saying, but xltxtra can only be used with XeLaTeX. It will error when used with pdf(La)TeX and refuse to do anything with Lua(La)TeX. xltxtra doesn't define the logos itself, it just loads metalogo. metalogo can be used with pdfLaTeX, LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX if it is just loaded on its own. So there is really no need and no good reason to load xltxtra instead of metalogo if you just want the logo. ... – moewe Aug 10 '20 at 06:43
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    ... Generally people seem to advise against using xltxtra, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/2984/frequently-loaded-packages-differences-between-pdflatex-and-xelatex/3000#comment4339_3000. – moewe Aug 10 '20 at 06:44
  • @user2925716 the definition in the package is a bit large, but you can find it in http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/metalogo/metalogo.dtx (line 518-525 and 540-614). A simpler version that does not take into account all the font checks etc. would be something like X\kern-.125em\raisebox{-0.5ex}{\reflectbox{E}}\kern-.125em\LaTeX. The boxes need the graphicx package to be loaded. – Marijn Aug 10 '20 at 06:58