Lightning symbol with LuaTex

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I'm trying to use the lightning symbol ↯ in my document. I use luatex. If I understand correctly I do not need the command



unicodex21af


but I can write ↯ directly in my document. My problem is that the symbol does not appear in the generated pdf. Thus, I guess, the symbol is not contained in the font used in the pdf.




If I have no error, how to I influence the chosen font? I should find a font with the symbol.




documentclassarticle
usepackagegraphicx 
begindocument 
(↯) 
enddocument





luatex







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  • May be some of the necessary (or all of the) font package(s) pretaining to that particular font class is missing?
    – Raaja
    3 hours ago






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    Which package defines the macro called unicode?
    – Mico
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @Raaja, very good! I installed texlive-stmaryrd, added usepackagestmaryrd and now lightning gives me the needed symbol
    – PeptideChain
    2 hours ago






  • 2




    See fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/21af/fontsupport.htm to find fonts that support the character.
    – Thérèse
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @PeptideChain, a side note : for such questions, you can try detexify, very useful tool !
    – BambOo
    1 hour ago














up vote
3
down vote

favorite












I'm trying to use the lightning symbol ↯ in my document. I use luatex. If I understand correctly I do not need the command



unicodex21af


but I can write ↯ directly in my document. My problem is that the symbol does not appear in the generated pdf. Thus, I guess, the symbol is not contained in the font used in the pdf.




If I have no error, how to I influence the chosen font? I should find a font with the symbol.




documentclassarticle
usepackagegraphicx 
begindocument 
(↯) 
enddocument





luatex







share|improve this question























  • May be some of the necessary (or all of the) font package(s) pretaining to that particular font class is missing?
    – Raaja
    3 hours ago






  • 1




    Which package defines the macro called unicode?
    – Mico
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @Raaja, very good! I installed texlive-stmaryrd, added usepackagestmaryrd and now lightning gives me the needed symbol
    – PeptideChain
    2 hours ago






  • 2




    See fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/21af/fontsupport.htm to find fonts that support the character.
    – Thérèse
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @PeptideChain, a side note : for such questions, you can try detexify, very useful tool !
    – BambOo
    1 hour ago












up vote
3
down vote

favorite









up vote
3
down vote

favorite











I'm trying to use the lightning symbol ↯ in my document. I use luatex. If I understand correctly I do not need the command



unicodex21af


but I can write ↯ directly in my document. My problem is that the symbol does not appear in the generated pdf. Thus, I guess, the symbol is not contained in the font used in the pdf.




If I have no error, how to I influence the chosen font? I should find a font with the symbol.




documentclassarticle
usepackagegraphicx 
begindocument 
(↯) 
enddocument





luatex







share|improve this question















I'm trying to use the lightning symbol ↯ in my document. I use luatex. If I understand correctly I do not need the command



unicodex21af


but I can write ↯ directly in my document. My problem is that the symbol does not appear in the generated pdf. Thus, I guess, the symbol is not contained in the font used in the pdf.




If I have no error, how to I influence the chosen font? I should find a font with the symbol.




documentclassarticle
usepackagegraphicx 
begindocument 
(↯) 
enddocument





luatex




luatex






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  • May be some of the necessary (or all of the) font package(s) pretaining to that particular font class is missing?
    – Raaja
    3 hours ago






  • 1




    Which package defines the macro called unicode?
    – Mico
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @Raaja, very good! I installed texlive-stmaryrd, added usepackagestmaryrd and now lightning gives me the needed symbol
    – PeptideChain
    2 hours ago






  • 2




    See fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/21af/fontsupport.htm to find fonts that support the character.
    – Thérèse
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @PeptideChain, a side note : for such questions, you can try detexify, very useful tool !
    – BambOo
    1 hour ago
















  • May be some of the necessary (or all of the) font package(s) pretaining to that particular font class is missing?
    – Raaja
    3 hours ago






  • 1




    Which package defines the macro called unicode?
    – Mico
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @Raaja, very good! I installed texlive-stmaryrd, added usepackagestmaryrd and now lightning gives me the needed symbol
    – PeptideChain
    2 hours ago






  • 2




    See fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/21af/fontsupport.htm to find fonts that support the character.
    – Thérèse
    2 hours ago






  • 1




    @PeptideChain, a side note : for such questions, you can try detexify, very useful tool !
    – BambOo
    1 hour ago















May be some of the necessary (or all of the) font package(s) pretaining to that particular font class is missing?
– Raaja
3 hours ago




May be some of the necessary (or all of the) font package(s) pretaining to that particular font class is missing?
– Raaja
3 hours ago




1




1




Which package defines the macro called unicode?
– Mico
2 hours ago




Which package defines the macro called unicode?
– Mico
2 hours ago




1




1




@Raaja, very good! I installed texlive-stmaryrd, added usepackagestmaryrd and now lightning gives me the needed symbol
– PeptideChain
2 hours ago




@Raaja, very good! I installed texlive-stmaryrd, added usepackagestmaryrd and now lightning gives me the needed symbol
– PeptideChain
2 hours ago




2




2




See fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/21af/fontsupport.htm to find fonts that support the character.
– Thérèse
2 hours ago




See fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/21af/fontsupport.htm to find fonts that support the character.
– Thérèse
2 hours ago




1




1




@PeptideChain, a side note : for such questions, you can try detexify, very useful tool !
– BambOo
1 hour ago




@PeptideChain, a side note : for such questions, you can try detexify, very useful tool !
– BambOo
1 hour ago










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As you guess, it's just a matter of choosing a font containing the glyph. You do this using fontspec. (Update to use newunicodechar courtesy of @egreg.)



documentclassarticle
usepackagefontspec
usepackagenewunicodechar
newfontfamilysymbolaSymbola
newcommanddownzigzagarrowbegingroupsymbola ↯endgroup
newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow
begindocument
Filler text ↯ Filler text
enddocument


down zig zag arrow symbol






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    You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
    – egreg
    1 hour ago










  • @egreg, no way. I never knew that.
    – David Purton
    1 hour ago






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    I know the package, guess why. ;-)
    – egreg
    1 hour ago










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As you guess, it's just a matter of choosing a font containing the glyph. You do this using fontspec. (Update to use newunicodechar courtesy of @egreg.)



documentclassarticle
usepackagefontspec
usepackagenewunicodechar
newfontfamilysymbolaSymbola
newcommanddownzigzagarrowbegingroupsymbola ↯endgroup
newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow
begindocument
Filler text ↯ Filler text
enddocument


down zig zag arrow symbol






share|improve this answer


















  • 2




    You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
    – egreg
    1 hour ago










  • @egreg, no way. I never knew that.
    – David Purton
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    I know the package, guess why. ;-)
    – egreg
    1 hour ago














up vote
3
down vote



accepted










As you guess, it's just a matter of choosing a font containing the glyph. You do this using fontspec. (Update to use newunicodechar courtesy of @egreg.)



documentclassarticle
usepackagefontspec
usepackagenewunicodechar
newfontfamilysymbolaSymbola
newcommanddownzigzagarrowbegingroupsymbola ↯endgroup
newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow
begindocument
Filler text ↯ Filler text
enddocument


down zig zag arrow symbol






share|improve this answer


















  • 2




    You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
    – egreg
    1 hour ago










  • @egreg, no way. I never knew that.
    – David Purton
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    I know the package, guess why. ;-)
    – egreg
    1 hour ago












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up vote
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As you guess, it's just a matter of choosing a font containing the glyph. You do this using fontspec. (Update to use newunicodechar courtesy of @egreg.)



documentclassarticle
usepackagefontspec
usepackagenewunicodechar
newfontfamilysymbolaSymbola
newcommanddownzigzagarrowbegingroupsymbola ↯endgroup
newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow
begindocument
Filler text ↯ Filler text
enddocument


down zig zag arrow symbol






share|improve this answer














As you guess, it's just a matter of choosing a font containing the glyph. You do this using fontspec. (Update to use newunicodechar courtesy of @egreg.)



documentclassarticle
usepackagefontspec
usepackagenewunicodechar
newfontfamilysymbolaSymbola
newcommanddownzigzagarrowbegingroupsymbola ↯endgroup
newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow
begindocument
Filler text ↯ Filler text
enddocument


down zig zag arrow symbol







share|improve this answer














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    You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
    – egreg
    1 hour ago










  • @egreg, no way. I never knew that.
    – David Purton
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    I know the package, guess why. ;-)
    – egreg
    1 hour ago












  • 2




    You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
    – egreg
    1 hour ago










  • @egreg, no way. I never knew that.
    – David Purton
    1 hour ago






  • 1




    I know the package, guess why. ;-)
    – egreg
    1 hour ago







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2




You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
– egreg
1 hour ago




You can accompany this with usepackagenewunicodechar and newunicodechar↯downzigzagarrow after defining downzigzagarrow so it's possible to use ↯ directly in the document.
– egreg
1 hour ago












@egreg, no way. I never knew that.
– David Purton
1 hour ago




@egreg, no way. I never knew that.
– David Purton
1 hour ago




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I know the package, guess why. ;-)
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I know the package, guess why. ;-)
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