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Draw a symbol and find the LaTeX code!

07-01-2010 03:21PM

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Clinker

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A user on another LaTeX group posted this recently: try it and be amazed!

A friend just pointed me to this cool site- you can draw a symbol, and then it gives you the closest approximation in latex commands:

Detexify

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#2 08-01-2010 07:10PM

Turtwig

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Class!!:D

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#3 20-01-2010 02:36PM

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Aw man, there's an Android version of it. My life is complete...!

(I believe there's an iPhone app as well.)

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#4 10-04-2012 06:49PM

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For those of us used to LaTeX this handwritten equation recogniser may be a little pointless because personally I find it almost as fast to type out the equation anyway, but for those who are still finding their feet in the beautiful world of TeX then this is pretty much an excellent utility to have.

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