[Tex/LaTex] Special Currency Character

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I have the problem, that I need to insert the NIS (New Israeli Shekel) Symbol into a otherwise english document with math formulas. The Symbol itself is in testmode. How can I manage to get the symbol? It can be a hack as well…

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Find a good version of the symbol on line or create it yourself by compiling with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX the file

\documentclass{standalone}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{DejaVu Sans}
\begin{document}
\symbol{"20AA}
\end{document}

If you call the file NIS.tex, then you'll have NIS.pdf. Then, in your document, you can just say

\usepackage{graphicx}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\NIS}{\includegraphics[height=\fontcharht\font`T]{NIS}}

and use the command normally:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\NIS}{\includegraphics[height=\fontcharht\font`T]{NIS}}

\begin{document}
I paid \NIS 200

\Large I paid \NIS 200
\end{document}

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See Where do I place my own .sty or .cls files, to make them available to all my .tex files? for instructions about where to put NIS.pdf in order for it to be available for every document.

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.

[Tex/LaTex] How to insert a specific unicode character (such as the ZWNJ symbol) into the text stream via lua code compiled by Lua(La)TeX

In luatex, there is unicode library included. It acts as replacement for string library, so to print some unicode code point, you can use the char function:

function unicode2utf(c)
  -- As parameter pass hexadecimal unicode code point
  return unicode.utf8.char(tonumber(c,16))
end

print(unicode2utf("038F"))

This will print the omega symbol, as invisible space isn't best character to test :)

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