Re: how to add special glyphs

[Thomas S. Dye]

Rob Sargent <rsargent@xmission.com> writes:

> I have added a "boxed x" and "CHECK MARK" to my document, but 
> they do not get exported to pdf output.  They are in the .tex 
> file, and do go through to the HTML.  So far I'm using these
> packages
>
>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{libertine}
>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[margin=0.80in]{geometry}
>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{setspace}
>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumitem}
>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{endnotes}
>
> (Bonus points for UTF8 code for the opposite of "CHECK MARK"?)

You need a package like wasysym that defines these symbols.  Check 
the web for David Carlisle, Scott Pakin, and Alexander Holt's "The 
Great, Big List of LaTeX Symbols" for more information.

All the best,
Tom

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