Re: how to add special glyphs

[Rob Sargent <rsargent@xmission.com>]

On 3/6/23 10:37, Thomas S. Dye wrote:
>
> Rob Sargent <rsargent@xmission.com> writes:
>
>> I have added a "boxed x" and "CHECK MARK" to my document, but they do 
>> not get exported to pdf output. They are in the .tex file, and do go 
>> through to the HTML.  So far I'm using these
>> packages
>>
>>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
>>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{libertine}
>>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage[margin=0.80in]{geometry}
>>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{setspace}
>>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{enumitem}
>>  #+LaTeX_HEADER: \usepackage{endnotes}
>>
>> (Bonus points for UTF8 code for the opposite of "CHECK MARK"?)
>
> You need a package like wasysym that defines these symbols.  Check the 
> web for David Carlisle, Scott Pakin, and Alexander Holt's "The Great, 
> Big List of LaTeX Symbols" for more information.
>
> All the best,
> Tom
>
Thank you,
rjs

PS  I think the list got your answer twice?