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From: smagt@fwi.uva.nl (Patrick van der Smagt)
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Subject: Re: Symbol for Real Numbers
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Date: 22 Feb 91 21:13:18 GMT
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TeXhax@cs.washington.edu writes:

>Does anyone know whether I can print the symbol for the set of real numbers
>(like IR ) using Latex?  I have been using {\cal R} instead, but this is not at all close.  Many thanks. - Mark Cronshaw

This is what I installed ages ago (and it works):

\newfont{\Bbkludge}{msym10}
\def\bb{\Bbkludge}

though I have forgotten why I used two definitions instead of just one.

							Patrick van der Smagt
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