[Tex/LaTex] How to get a lower or higher tilde/~

symbols

I want to presents hours and say from hour x to hour y by using sample '~'.
Please guide me how I can present the symbol "~"?

In contrast to How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX?, I'm particularly interested in controlling the vertical placement of the ~.

Best Answer

In comments you indicated that it is the height of the ~ that is your concern, perhaps one of these does what you want:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

a\textasciitilde b\raisebox{-1ex}{\textasciitilde}c\raisebox{-1.2ex}{\textasciitilde}d\raisebox{-2ex}{\textasciitilde}e

\end{document}

Related Solutions

[Tex/LaTex] Correctly typesetting a tilde

It all depends on what do you want this glyph to stand for.

If you want to use it in an url then add \usepackage{url} (or hyperref) to your preamble and then use \url{http://example.com/~user}.

If you want to use it inside a math formula as some kind of relation then use $a \sim b$ .

According to the "Comprehensive Symbols List", to get a vertically centered ~ you can use \texttildelow in any font other than Computer Modern, txfonts, and pxfonts. For example the following does the trick for typesetting a C++ destructor

\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{textcomp}

\texttildelow T

[Tex/LaTex] How does one insert a backslash or a tilde (~) into LaTeX

TL;DR

\textbackslash produces a backslash in text-mode. The math-mode $\sim$ and \texttildelow (from textcomp package) are options for a lower tilde (while \~{} and \textasciitilde produce a raised tilde in text-mode)

Long Answer:

The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List is your friend. The correct link seems to keep changing, but if you have a complete TeX Live installation, the command texdoc symbols-a4 will display your local copy.

\textbackslash and \textasciitilde are found in several places in the document, but the LaTeX 2e ASCII Table (Table 529 as of this writing) and the following discussion are a convenient resource for all ASCII characters. In particular, the discussion notes that \~{} and \textasciitilde produce a raised tilde, whilst the math-mode $\sim$ and \texttildelow are options for a lower tilde; the latter is in the textcomp package, and looks best in fonts other than Computer Modern. If you are typesetting file names or urls, the document recommends the url package.

Remember to delimit TeX macros from surrounding text, e.g. bar\textasciitilde{}foo.