I would like to use […] in quotations to indicate a part which was not included. Just entering [...]
does not render it perfectly in my opinion. Is there a special way of inputing said symbol? Thanks.
[Tex/LaTex] Dedicated symbol for […] in quotations
punctuationquotingspacing
Best Answer
You can define your own macro for this:
or use the
\textelp{}
macro fromcsquotes
.Note that
\textelp
is a macro taking an argument, so the{}
after it is mandatory in order to get [...].A different possibility is to add the kerning also in front of the dots:
Here'a a minimal document:
The macro
\dots
is defined by LaTeX asIn text mode
\textellipsis
is used, which isHere
\fontdimen3\font
is the stretch component of the normal interword space (why this has been chosen would be matter for a debate). The final kerning is responsible for the uneven space; it's desirable in normal text, but not before the closing bracket, so\omissis
removes it.