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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30/10/2021 18:01, Haines Brown
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I need to construct a symbol, but worry about its falling apart or
becoming distorted when published.
The symbol is a circle enclosing a centered "N" and is attached to an arrow
pointing right:
{\footnotesize{N}}$\kern -0.785em \bigcirc\kern -0.4em\longrightarrow$
Can this be done in a way that is simpler or is more stable?</pre>
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<p>As you have not specified the font in which this sequence is to
occur, your two \kerns, expressed in ems, are unlikely to reliably
work as intended. Apart from a well-intentioned desire for
portability, is there any reason why your definition cannot also
include font family, size, variant, etc ?<br>
-- <br>
<i>Philip Taylor</i><br>
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