On Thursday 02 April 2009, rettie wrote: > Hello all! I apologise if this has been asked to death, but is there any > way to get a normal looking tilde? Like this --> ~? I want to use it > instead of saying "approximately" but when I use the keyboard tilde > (\textasciitilde) it appears at the top of the line in the pdf output > instead of the middle where I want it. I've tried the tilde math symbol as > well ($\sim$) but it's a bit too fancy haha. Any ideas? > > Cheers! > Alex,
Try \texttildelow See page 20 of the letter-size "Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List" available on CTAN. -- Les ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html