How do we write the Greek delta symbol with a cut in it as in \hbar (which produces a cut in h)?
[Tex/LaTex] How to insert Horizontal cut in delta symbol
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Note that the document uses Springer's LNCS style. In this style, all Greek letters are in italics, and vectors are denoted by boldface.
Most likely the bold italic Delta is produced in this particular case by something similar to this:
\documentclass{llncs}
\begin{document}
$\vec{\Delta}$
\end{document}
The result is:
Note that if you used the article class, the same code would produce a normal Delta with an arrow:
Alternatively, you can use the Dingbats symbols from the pifont package. If you do not insist on a dashed line, TikZ can be avoided by using \dotfill.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[11]
\noindent\dotfill
\ding{33}\dotfill
\raisebox{-0.25\baselineskip}{\ding{34}}\dotfill
\raisebox{-0.50\baselineskip}{\ding{35}}\dotfill
\lipsum[11]
\end{document}
Note, that the size of the dots of \dotfill scales with the font size. The skip after the scissors symbol can be removed with \unskip if you want wo get rid of it. I personally like the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newcommand{\cuthere}{%
\noindent
\raisebox{-2.8pt}[0pt][0.75\baselineskip]{\small\ding{34}}
\unskip{\tiny\dotfill}
}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[11]
\cuthere
\lipsum[11]
\end{document}
The alignment of the scissors symbol and the dotted rule and the spacing after the cut-line was done manual. On the other hand this approach is really simple.
EDIT (2012/09/10)
Adjust the \dotfill macro to get a dashed line instead of a dotted one. Here I simply used the hyphen symbol as dash:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{pifont}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\dashfill}{%
\leavevmode \cleaders \hb@xt@ .50em{\hss -\hss }\hfill \kern \z@
% original \dotfill macro:
% \leavevmode \cleaders \hb@xt@ .44em{\hss .\hss }\hfill \kern \z@
}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\cutheredashed}{%
\noindent
\raisebox{-0.5ex}[0pt][0.6\baselineskip]{\small\ding{34}}
\unskip{\tiny\dashfill}
}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[11]
\cutheredashed
\lipsum[11]
\end{document}
But that's getting a bit hackish now. If you are willing to spend so much effort on a line that will eventually be cut away Heiko's solution is probably cleaner.
Best Answer
I copied the definition of
\hbar, but inserted\deltainstead ofhand adjusted kerning.