Questions tagged [roman-numerals]

{roman-numerals} is about dealing with, processing and generating roman style numerals.

{roman-numerals} is about dealing with, processing and generating (lower and upper case) roman style numerals (ie. i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, etc).

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How can I get Roman numerals in text?

For example: Charles's sister Bona, married the eldest son of Philip VI of France, the future John II of France, in 1335. How can I get Roman numerals?
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Additive Roman Numeral 4

I am working on a diplomatic edition of a 15th century book and it numbers its folios using the standard roman numerals of the time. I've been using the following to get the page/folio in my…
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Typesetting Roman numerals within LaTeX text

I want to typeset real Roman numerals (both uppercase and lowercase) in LaTeX text. I've checked out a previous thread but found no satisfactory solution. (In fact, several solutions mentioned in that thread doesn't work for me. I don't know why.) I…
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How to write roman, super and subscript?

I want to print the following in Latex pdf so what should I do: alpha IIb beta3 I have used $\alpha$_\rmnum{2}_b$\beta$_3 but the roman number does not come.
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Roman numerals not close enough together

Instead of 'III' (three 'I's), I want the numbers to look more like those in the attached image. When using Computer Modern font, is it possible to just remove the horizontal space between letters? a previous post worked around this by defining a…
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How to generate a roman numbers symbol in this font/style/format?

this code \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \newcommand*{\rom}[1]{\expandafter\@slowromancap\romannumeral #1@} \makeatother \begin{document} Charles's sister Bona, married the eldest son of Philip \rom{6} of France, the future John \rom{2} of…
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Big Roman numerals

I'm trying to insert some Roman and Greek numerals in a beamer presentation compliled with XeLaTeX (the choice is determined by the fact that I have also to insert some Egyptian, Babylonian and Maya numerals) Can romannum be adapted to deal with…
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How to write the Roman numeral "2" in the following form?

There seem to be several forms of Roman numerals (I'm not sure which is the most used, the most standardized). \documentclass{article} \makeatletter \newcommand{\Rmnum}[1]{\expandafter\@slowromancap\romannumeral #1@} \begin{document} \Rmnum{2}…
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How to make roman numeral sub sections?

my sub section headers are III.3 how to i make the three roman numerals \renewcommand\thesection{\Roman{section}} I have this in preamble
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Removing the word "chapter" from the title

I'm learning Latex and I want to know if it's possible to set just a roman numeral at the beginning of each chapter. I mean, Just type: \chapter{} and the result must be: I, II, III,IV,V at the beginning of each chapter. I…
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