[OS X TeX] Fractional symbols

[David Derbes]

I'm fairly happy with \sfrac in the xfrac package. Interestingly, \sfrac{1}{2} works in both math and text mode, though the solidus or division bar is longer in math mode.

David Derbes
U of Chicago Lab Schools


> On Sep 1, 2016, at 16:20, Manfred Braun <manfred.braun at uni-due.de> wrote:
> 
> Knuth suggests the following macro (The TeXBook, Exercise 11.6): 
> 
> \def\fract#1/#2{\leavevmode\kern.1em
>   \raise.5ex\hbox{\the\scriptfont0$#1$}\kern-.15em/\kern-.15em
>   \lower.25ex\hbox{\the\scriptfont0$#2$}}
> 
> It allows to write  \fract 1/2.  This is not exactly what you want, but it is the TeX solution. It allows also to write  \fract 13/5, if needed, and this you will not find on your keyboard.
> 
> Manfred
> 
>> On 02 Sep 2016, at 00:00, R Martinez <rm.tech at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> I want to write text in my LaTeX document that includes a fraction, e.g., 3 1/2, but I want to replace the three-character 1/2 with the single character ½. As you can see, I can do it using the Mac keyboard with Mac documents such as this email. I tried inserting it in my LaTeX document but it did not typeset correctly.
>> 
>> I am using the STIX font package. I have scoured the zillion STIX characters but cannot find ½ with a LaTeX backslash command. 
>> 
>> The STIX reference document I am using is "The stix package" STI Pub Companies v1.1.1-latex from 2014/07/31. I have attached it to this email. 
>> 
>> The character  ½ appears in the ts1-stixgeneral table on p. 29 of the STIX reference with coordinates
>> 
>> 	  ′5
>> ′27x |  ½  | ″Bx
>>           ″D
>> 
>> 
>> I don’t know how to access this. 
>> 
>> Does anyone know how to insert a fraction in the text?  
>> 
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
>> Raul Martinez
>> 
>> <stix.pdf>
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