LaTeX special characters

Special symbols

Character Command Description
§ \S section sign
\dag dagger
\ddag double dagger
\P pilcrow sign (paragraph)
© \copyright copyright sign
£ \pounds Pound sign

Printing command characters

Character Command Description
$ \$ dollar sign
& \& ampersand
% \% percent sign
# \#
_ \_ underscore
{ \{ opening curly brace
} \} closing curly brace

European letters

Character Command Description
œ {\oe} latin small ligature oe
Œ {\OE} latin capital ligature OE
æ {\ae} latin capital ligature ae
Æ {\AE} latin small ligature AE
å {\aa} latin small letter a with ring above
Å {\AA} latin capital letter A with ring above
Ø {\o} latin capital letter O with stroke
Ø {\O} latin small letter o with stroke
ß \ss sharp S
¿ ?` inverted question mark
¡ !` inverted exclamation mark

Accents (diacritic marks)

Character Command Description
ò \`{o} with grave
ó \’{o} with acute
ô \^{o} with circumflex
ö \”{o} with umlaut
õ \~{o} with tilde
\={o} with macron
\.{o} with a dot above
\u{o} with breve
\v{o} with caron
\H{o} with double acute
\d{o} with a dot below
o \b{o} with an underline

Note: You can replace o with the desired character.

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One Response to LaTeX special characters

  1. Nicolás says:

    Hi I need to write a special M. The M used to denote manifolds.

    Thanks.

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