symbols
How can I write two characters in the same place?
In particular, I want to write an arrow $\rightarrow$, and then write a letter such that the arrow strikes through the letter. I found some similar questions (Range symbol over character, Substitute a character by another one (Lualatex), etc.) but they are not exactly the same question.
can be done with luatex. \OD is the font face of the ornament font (needed on TeX level)
\documentclass[a5paper]{article}
\usepackage{luacode}
\usepackage[margin=0.5cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnsep}{0.3cm} \setlength{\columnseprule}{1pt}
\setmainfont{Linux Libertine O}
\newfontface\OD{OrnamentalDecoration.otf}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{4}\noindent
\begin{luacode*}
local f = fontloader.open('OrnamentalDecoration.otf')
local glyphs = {}
for i = 0, f.glyphmax - 1 do
local g = f.glyphs[i]
if g then
table.insert(glyphs, {name = g.name, unicode = g.unicode})
end
end
table.sort(glyphs, function (a,b) return (a.unicode < b.unicode) end)
for i = 1, #glyphs do
tex.sprint(glyphs[i].unicode .. ": ")
if (glyphs[i].unicode > 0) then
tex.sprint("{\\OD\\char" .. glyphs[i].unicode .. "}");
end
tex.print(" {\\small(")
tex.print(-2, glyphs[i].name )
tex.sprint(')}\\\\')
end
fontloader.close(f)
\end{luacode*}
\end{multicols}
\end{document}
Those symbols are in IPA:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tipa}
\begin{document}
\textsubbridge{t}\quad
\textyogh\quad
\textesh\quad
\textdyoghlig\quad
\textteshlig
\end{document}
For the last one you might prefer
\texttoptiebar{t\textesh}
The characters are available in some OpenType fonts, for example FreeSerif. Compile the following with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{FreeSerif}
\begin{document}
\textsubbridge{t}\quad
\textyogh\quad
\textesh\quad
\textdyoghlig\quad
\textteshlig\quad
\texttoptiebar{t\textesh}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Not clear if you want it in text or math...
Also, it is not clear if you want the arrow's width to be accounted for:
Other things that can be easily adjusted above include horizontal alignment (currently centered) as well as vertical height of arrow placement (currently placed at its natural height).
Once the specifics are decided on the use case, this can be easily encapsulated in a macro.
Below, keeping up with the egregs, I implement a macro version (
\overarrow) for math that preserves the math style: