[comp.text.tex] Symbol for Real Numbers

smagt@fwi.uva.nl (Patrick van der Smagt) (02/23/91)

TeXhax@cs.washington.edu writes:

>Does anyone know whether I can print the symbol for the set of real numbers
>(like IR ) using Latex?  I have been using {\cal R} instead, but this is not at all close.  Many thanks. - Mark Cronshaw

This is what I installed ages ago (and it works):

\newfont{\Bbkludge}{msym10}
\def\bb{\Bbkludge}

though I have forgotten why I used two definitions instead of just one.

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