[OS X TeX] Fractional symbols

[Doris Behrendt]

Hi all,

I myself like the look of the output with the package nicefrac best;

Doris

> On 02 Sep 2016, at 01:01, David Derbes <loki at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> 
> 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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