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From: bmfowler@watcgl.waterloo.edu (barry fowler)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: redefining \o for psLaTeX or psTeX ...
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.213756.2895@watcgl.waterloo.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 21:37:56 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Computer Graphics Laboratory, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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    I'm typesetting a document using psLaTeX (using TeX 2.95) to use
    the PostScript Times fonts.

    The PostScript Times fonts do not contain the \o character (the
    "o" with the "/" through it), so nothing is printed for it.  There
    is a \o in the Symbol font, but even if I could somehow access it,
    that wouldn't provide me with a means of emboldening or italicizing
    it.

    I'd like to redefine \o to type the "o" of the current font (roman,
    italic, bold, etc) and overstrike with the "/" (lowered appropriately)
    of the same font.  Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the necessary
    details of TeX.

    If someone could send me a macro to redefine \o in this manner, I'd
    appreciate it.

    Thanks ...

    - barry
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