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I am totally new to LaTeX (using overleaf), but I have a handle on the form of the document I want to create--just missing a couple pieces, which include the special characters I need to replicate from a music theory textbook.

Specifically, I am trying to use these special characters

I consulted this article, but it is 348 pages long, and I figured I would ask the community before scanning the whole document. Moreover, I will need a pointer as to which packages to load so that I can use the special characters I am looking for.

Thank you in advance for the help!

Additional symbol needed

286642
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  • The circled numbers/text can be done programmatically. For everything else: if it is musical notation I would check the section about lilypond glyphs in the symbol list; but I doubt you will find them there. The easiest is to create an image of the symbol and load them using \includegraphics. // For creating the image, if you use something like IPE then you can export into EPS format. – Willie Wong Apr 15 '21 at 17:22
  • For circled numbers, see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/7032/good-way-to-make-textcircled-numbers – Willie Wong Apr 15 '21 at 17:23
  • You might find them in a Unicode font that you can use in LuaTeX or XeTeX. I don’t know for sure, though. – Davislor Apr 15 '21 at 18:12
  • @Davislor do you know how I can view the characters/symbols available in the packages you mention? I found that one of the symbols is called an "ominus". I am not sure how to include it. I am unsure about how to find the others. – 286642 Apr 17 '21 at 22:45

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With l3draw:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{l3draw,graphicx}

\ExplSyntaxOn


\NewDocumentCommand{\symA}{}
 {
  \makebox[ \dim_eval:n { \width+0.05ex } ]
   {
    \draw_begin:
    \draw_cap_round:
    \draw_linewidth:n { 0.12ex }
    \draw_path_circle:nn { 0.5ex, 0.5ex } { 0.5ex }
    \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke }
    \draw_path_moveto:n { -0.2ex, 0.5ex }
    \draw_path_lineto:n { 1.2ex, 0.5ex }
    \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke }
    \draw_end:
   }
 }
\NewDocumentCommand{\symB}{}
 {
  \makebox[ \dim_eval:n { \width+0.05ex } ]
   {
    \draw_begin:
    \draw_cap_round:
    \draw_linewidth:n { 0.12ex }
    \draw_path_circle:nn { 0.5ex, 0.5ex } { 0.5ex }
    \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke }
    \draw_path_moveto:n { 0.5ex, 0.5ex }
    \draw_path_lineto:n { 0.5ex, 1.5ex }
    \draw_path_use_clear:n { stroke }
    \draw_path_moveto:n { 0.5ex, 1.55ex }
    \draw_path_arc:nnn { 240 } { 300 } { 0.5ex }
    \draw_path_arc:nnn { -40 } { -90 } { 0.6ex }
    \draw_path_use_clear:n { fill }
    \draw_end:
   }
 }
\NewDocumentCommand{\symC}{}
 {
  \raisebox{1ex}{\scalebox{-1}[-1]{\symB}}
 }


\ExplSyntaxOff


\begin{document}


First \symA{} second \symB{} third \symC{} and so on


\end{document}

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egreg
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  • wow--thank you @egreg. question--how did you know specifically how to program these? Would you be able to do the same for the other symbols (i'll be adding an additional symbol I just ran into as well) – 286642 Apr 15 '21 at 21:12
  • @286642 The additional symbol seems \textsf{\.{F}} – egreg Apr 15 '21 at 21:24
  • Thank you! Still missing some from the images I posted, but at least I have a start – 286642 Apr 15 '21 at 21:35
  • So I was finally able to try this code out, but it's not working for me--i'm getting "first second third " but nothing in the spaces. Please advise – 286642 Apr 16 '21 at 00:30
  • in response to your code for \textsf{.{F}} . . . Overleaf did not seem to like the "." combination – 286642 Apr 16 '21 at 01:28