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From: leichter@CS.YALE.EDU (Jerry Leichter)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Typesetting the name C++ in TeX.
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Date: 31 Jul 89 21:03:04 GMT
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In article <BESHERS.89Jul28142912@cs.cs.columbia.edu>, beshers@cs.cs.columbia.edu (Clifford Beshers) writes...
> 
>When TeX typesets the name C++, the ++ comes out too large and
>too low on the line.  Has this small point bothered anyone else,
>and if so, what have you done about it?
> 
The "++" has never seemed too big to me, but I agree that it's too low.  I
use the following TeX (or LaTeX) code, which looks a lot better to my eye:

	\def\CPP{C\raise.193ex\hbox{++}}

							-- Jerry