# 'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc

• September 6th 2011, 04:30 AM
Bernhard
'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc
I notice some posts an Linear and Abstract Algebra have the 'proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc - how is this done?

Peter
• September 6th 2011, 04:40 AM
alexmahone
Re: 'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bernhard
I notice some posts an Linear and Abstract Algebra have the 'proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc - how is this done?

Peter

\mathbb{R} gives $\mathbb{R}$ etc.
• September 6th 2011, 04:56 AM
CaptainBlack
Re: 'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc
Quote:

Originally Posted by Bernhard
I notice some posts an Linear and Abstract Algebra have the 'proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc - how is this done?

Peter

They are not "proper" symbols for these things, the proper symbols (if that has any meaning) are just bold R, Z, C ... What you are referring to are the "black board bold" symbols which are a type face which mimics how the standard bold characters are written on a black board. But then these seem to be more or less standard, and someone else has already told you how to generate them.

CB
• September 6th 2011, 05:27 AM
Prove It
Re: 'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc
\mathbf{R} gives $\displaystyle \mathbf{R}$. The "handwritten" version that looks like $\displaystyle \mathbb{R}$ was just invented by those who were writing it to denote superbold font for the printers, so the superbold form is the most correct.
• October 16th 2011, 06:10 AM
Deveno
Re: 'Proper' symbols for R, Z, C etc
an amusing tale of a font modelled after a blackboard approximation of yet another font, that is slowly replacing the font it was once just a "stand-in" for. oh the back-biting backwaters of math symbolism!