[Tex/LaTex] Croatian/Serbian letters in CV problem

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I'm using a currvita CV for something, but am unable to get Croatian/Serbian (I don't know how this will come out, but they are šŠđĐčČćĆžŽ).

Haven't used LaTeX in a while but remember that in the past I used to get these letters, substitutions like this Đ = \DJ{}. For some reason it doesn't work.

Would really appreciate your advice on this one…

Best Answer

Don't forget to load fontenc with the T1 option; \DJ and \dj are not available in the default OT1 encoding. Add in your preamble:

\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}

Here's a little example, producing your letters:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{currvita}

\begin{document}

\v{s}\v{S}\DJ\dj\v{c}\v{C}\'c\'C\v{z}\v{Z}

\end{document}

Loading inputenc with the option utf8 (if your editor supports unicode), you'll be able to write some (and possibly all) of those letters, directly from the keyboard:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{currvita}

\begin{document}

ćĆ

\end{document}

I don't know if this is possible for the remaining letters since I am not familiar with a "Croatian keyboard".

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