# For LaTeX users

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-latex-users/518391>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 21, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-latex-users/518391 "2009-11-21T10:34:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-latex-users/518391/1 "2009-11-21T10:34:11Z")

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Cool little web application that I found online: don’t waste time hunting for a symbol in the comprehensive LaTeX symbol list, use [this](http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html) instead. It seems to work pretty well.

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**Author:** ![pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9e5f3/32.png) [@pretend\_my\_name\_is\_witty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pretend_my_name_is_witty)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-latex-users/518391/2 "2009-11-21T11:50:25Z")

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Thank you for this, it’s awesome. Even understood my attempt to draw Zeta, which I can never manage.

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**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-latex-users/518391/3 "2009-11-21T13:05:50Z")

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Holy crap, that’s cool. Many thanks.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-latex-users/518391/4 "2009-11-21T16:12:04Z")

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I’m aghast with flabber. That’s absolutely tremendous. Thanks for pointing it out.

I’m going to send that link along to all my old office mates.