The graphics
package also lets you rotate boxes, as explained in Section 7.2 of Lamport's LaTeX: A document preparation system. You use \rotatebox{x}{text}
, where x
is a specified angle in the positive (counterclockwise) direction with the "positive x-axis", which extends horizontally from the basepoint of the box that contains text
.
Pretty standard for old fraktur fonts for the "x" to be an "r" with a hook.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\mathfrak{r}\mathfrak{x}
\end{equation}
\end{document}
Bringhurst tells us that blackletter fonts can be broken into 4 types, generally, based on how the lower case "o" is formed:
Here are some FRAKTUR examples exhibiting the x = r+ curl phenomenon:
Another type of blackletter font is BASTARDA (also known as Schwabacher). Some of them also follow this convention:
Here's one that has a bastarda "o", but mixes and matches styles from across the blackletter spectrum. Thus, I think it is a modern form
Next come the ROTUNDA fonts
These next two have the "r" + curl, but also adds an "x"-like stroke. Perhaps this was a transition type of design to the modern "x".
This extra stroke on the "x" is also almost universal in the TEXTURA fonts:
Finally there is this one, that seems to elude categorization:
Whew... and that is only my blackletter fonts that exhibit this characteristic "x" as an "r" variant. If you haven't guessed, I like fraktur and other blackletter fonts. To show what a nut I am, I actually started characterizing letters by their construction. Then, by looking at which constructions the fonts had, I could group them appropriately, or even tell imposters.
As you can see, I ran out of steam before getting around to differentiating the "x".
Best Answer
Here is a nice shaded TikZ version which you can draw in variable sizes.
You have to call the
\triforce
macro with one parameter, which is the width of the Triforce, e.g.\triforce{10cm}
.