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Questions tagged [unicode]

{unicode} is for questions about Unicode (an international standard for character encoding) and its implementations. For questions about input encodings use {input-encodings}.

is for questions about Unicode (an international standard for character encoding) and its implementations. XeTeX and LuaTeX provide Unicode support, thus ConTeXt as well if using one of these engines. For LaTeX, the UTF-8 implementation is the most common, provided by the inputenc package:

\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}

For questions about input encodings use .

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Entering Unicode characters in LaTeX

How do I enter Unicode characters in LaTeX? What packages do I need to install and what escape sequence do I type to specify Unicode characters in an ASCII source file?
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How to find this unicode character U+202F in your LaTeX documents?

I get the following error but I cannot locate the unicode character Package inputenc Error: Unicode char   (U+202F) TeXLive: 2017 OS: Linux Debian Stretch 9.1
Léo Léopold Hertz 준영
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Error: Unicode char \u8:φ not set up for use with LaTeX

I have the following LaTeX document, saved in the UTF-8 character set encoding: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \begin{document} φΔδ汉 \end{document} (it has 3 Greek characters followed by a Chinese one.) When I try to compile…
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How to find characters that LaTeX doesn't like?

I use exported .bib entries with biber, biblatex and \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}, in my literature reports for my group. This means most standard annoying characters (à, etc) are handled automatically. However, there are a lot that are not. Also, it…
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How do I enter an arbitrary Unicode code point into my document?

I want to enter a GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA (U+0391) into my LaTeX document. I do not want a LATIN CAPITAL A. How do I do this?
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How can (La)TeX read UTF-8?

As described in The TeXbook, TeX reads files byte by byte, regardless of the particular format -- as I understand, this is just how IniTeX is set up. I also understand that LaTeX is just a collection of macros built on top of IniTeX, described in…
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Unicode char {U+200B}

When I try to cite more than two authors, I got this: ! Package inputenc Error: Unicode char ​ (U+200B) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. \documentclass[a4paper,oneside,BCOR=10mm,12pt,titlepage]{scrreprt}…
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\DeclareUnicodeCharacter doesn't work for all characters

I am trying to incorporate some Unicode characters into my LaTeX files. All characters I added so far worked well, but when I use \DeclareUnicodeCharacter{211D}{{\mathbb R}} (211D is the Unicode character ℝ, i.e. what would be denoted \mathbb{R} in…
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An extensive list of LaTeX symbols and Unicode equivalents?

I want an extensive list of unicode symbols and their corresponding TeX commands. The unicode symbols must be text, not images. The first two columns from this source (partly reproduced below) are exactly what I'm looking for, but I'd like a more…
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How do I place a single character from unicode in a LaTeX document?

I want to place a character from several, non-Latin, languages. I guess I can do this using unicode, but how do I do that? Specificaly, I want to place the Hebrew Aleph and the digit currently used in Arabic for 1.
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Asana Math Oversized "Big operators"

I am having this problem when using Asana Math with XeLaTeX + unicode-math, if you see the pdf found in the download link AsanaProb.zip you can see that \bigcap produces much bigger character than it should: Is it a syntax problem or maybe…
user2017
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How can I use unicode symbols in TeX source?

I've tried using \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}, but that throws an error: Package inputenc Error: Unicode char µ (U+B5) (inputenc) not set up for use with LaTeX. Whatever I do, unicode character in the source either do not appear, or…
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Not possible to print Unicode A729 character in LaTeX

I tried to display the latin small letter tz - ꜩ with their respective unicode with \symbol or \char but it does not work when I try it in Overleaf. I looked at the conversion tool if there is a corresponding LaTeX symbol but it seems there is…
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How To Include a Reversed Angle Symbol (⦣) in LaTeX

I am creating a LaTeX document in Overleaf, and I need to include the reversed angle character, "⦣", as well as a few other symbols that LaTeX does not recognize. Is there a way to include the ⦣ symbol (or something that looks nearly identical) in…
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How do I enter Unicode characters in TeX?

I need to write a few Unicode characters (e.g. Л) into a text without using e.g. XeTeX, LuaTeX or inputencoding with UTF-8 (please assume as little as possible about the typesetting system). I have read other questions regarding this problem, but…
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