Blog post: ajb: LaTex Accents

I always forget how to add accents in LaTex within the standard text. So I have placed some of them here, as much for myself as anyone else.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LaTeX command

Sample

Description

 

 

`{o}

ò

grave accent

 

 

'{o}

ó

acute accent

 

 

^{o}

ô

circumflex

 

 

"{o}

ö

umlaut or diaeresis

 

 

H{o}

?

long Hungarian umlaut

 

 

~{o}

õ

tilde

 

 

c{c}

ç

cedilla

 

 

k{a}

?

ogonek

 

 

l

?

l with stroke

 

 

={o}

?

macron accent (a bar over the letter)

 

 

b{o}

o

bar under the letter

 

 

.{o}

?

dot over the letter

 

 

d{u}

u?

dot under the letter

 

 

r{a}

å

ring over the letter (for å there is also the special command aa)

 

 

u{o}

?

breve over the letter

 

 

v{s}

Å¡

caron/hacek ("v") over the letter

 

 

 

 

 

Reference

 

 

Wikibooks

 

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