Answer by wipet for What is the character \i?
It is dotless i, in Unicode: Latin Small Letter Dotless i U+0131. This character was designed in old 7bit TeX fonts by Knuth because these fonts do not have accented letters. Each accented letter had...
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TeX fonts usually have a slot dedicated to a “dotless i”, which is used for adding accents not already provided as precomposed glyphs. The command \i produces this glyph.I assume LaTeX, because plain...
View ArticleAnswer by Adam Hrabovsky for What is the character \i?
To place a diacritic on top of an i or a j, its dot has to be removed. The dotless version of these letters is accomplished by typing \i and \j. For example:`\^{\i}` should be used for i circumflex...
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What exactly is the symbol produced in LaTeX by \i. I haven't located it in several lists of symbols. The output looks like a smaller version of the numeral 1, but with the top "hook" horizontal rather...
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