# Is there a Julia Latex "symbol"? So Latex in Latex is \`\\LaTeX{}\`, is there somethi

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Is there a Julia Latex “symbol”? So Latex in Latex is `\LaTeX{}`, is there something like `\Julia{}` (presumably after `\usepackage{juliasymbols}` or something)?

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If you just want to include the official Julia logo in color without much ado, you could inline a PDF:

```plaintext
The \includegraphics[height=0.7em]{julia-logo-color.pdf}  
code used to generate Figure \ref{fig:devilsbraid} is displayed 
using the minted package, which facilitates expressive ...

```

to look like this:

 ![Screenshot 2021-02-06 at 08.53.10](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/5/3/535c942503b359453c135ff598b1249fc2a88ee5.png)

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/3 "2021-02-06T13:20:38Z")

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I make heavy use of TikZ so the answer in [accents - Making a LaTeX version of a textual logotype - TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/113557) is great, except that I get this instead:  
 ![screenshot_2021-02-05_21_54_00](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/9/79a85223897f54ccc2b61c06446cce8662aae8b2.jpeg)

which might depend on the fact that I’m placing it inside a TikZ node, so maybe it’s the nesting of a `tikzpicture` inside a `node` that messes it up…?

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/4 "2021-02-06T13:33:45Z")

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I think it would be better to type plain `Julia` than use that approximation … 🙂 It is sort of an official trademark, so it should probably be reproduced with some attempt at fidelity… Font should be correct, for example.

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/5 "2021-02-06T13:35:11Z")

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I agree. `Julia` works fine, it’s just that I enjoy flair where I can get it… Anyhow, thanks for looking into this!

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**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/6 "2021-02-06T13:40:38Z")

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I’m not sure how much TikZ is capable of - if you can access OpenType fonts and UTF8 characters, you could use that font that has the Julia logo and access it that way (although it would be monochrome, obviously).

 ![Screenshot 2021-02-06 at 13.39.11](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/9/3/931b99084cadcfb4487f1b75fb1fb40ec31cb33e.png)

It’s a bit small when viewed in the terminal… 🙂

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/7 "2021-02-08T08:40:14Z")

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Yea, I don’t think that’s possible in LaTeX. Thanks for the answers though.

I guess one way “in” might be through [fontawesome](https://fontawesome.com/), they seem to have a lot of random symbols, also [python](https://fontawesome.com/icons/python?style=brands). Then from there, there’s [CTAN: Package fontawesome](https://www.ctan.org/pkg/fontawesome). But I have no idea how often that LaTeX package gets updated when fontawesome does.

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/8 "2021-02-08T10:30:06Z")

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I managed to persuade TikZ to draw Unicode characters from a font:

 ![Screenshot 2021-02-08 at 10.24.33](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/7/6/76ccedcdf399c5e4a8df6dafce906dd1100ca99b.png)

But I wouldn’t claim that the experience was enjoyable or user-friendly (I’m not a LaTeX user 😃).

Code is (avert your eyes now)

```plaintext
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \node (Start) at (-3,0) {};
  \node (End) at (3,0) {};  
  \path 
    [rotate=190,postaction={decoration={text along path,text 
format delimiters={|}{|}, text={|\huge\JuliaMono|\ ^^^^e801 
^^^^e830 ^^^^e831 ^^^^e832 ^^^^e833 ^^^^e800 
^^^^e801 ^^^^e802 ^^^^e801 ^^^^e830 ^^^^e831 
^^^^e832 ^^^^e833 ^^^^e800 ^^^^e801 ^^^^e802 \ },
      text align=fit to path,reverse path}, decorate}]
     circle[radius=3cm] ; 
\end{tikzpicture}

```

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/9 "2021-02-08T20:06:32Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
>
> you can access OpenType fonts and UTF8 characters, you could use that font that has the Julia logo and access it that way (although it would be monochrome, obviously).

OK, baby-steps, I managed to accomplish _that_ at least (install `JuliaMono` first, thank you Cormullion):

```tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\newfontfamily \JuliaMono {JuliaMono-Regular.ttf}[
    Path = /usr/share/fonts/julia/,
    Extension = .ttf
    ]
\newfontface \JuliaMonoMedium{JuliaMono-Regular}
\setmonofont{JuliaMonoMedium}[
    Contextuals=Alternate
]

\begin{document}

Languages: {\Huge \texttt{^^^^e801}}, Python

\end{document}

```

which looks like this:  
 ![screenshot_2021-02-08_20:30:33](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/e/7/e7486be1db6f1194f8e0afbda7bdccf01c10e736.jpeg)

But I can’t get the logo in color.

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**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/10 "2021-02-08T20:42:01Z")

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Cool. Fonts are nearly always monochrome†, so PDF or SVG (or some more TikZ coding) would be the way to go if you wanted colour or were really procrastinating…😂

† Actually, there _are_ colour fonts ([https://www.colorfonts.wtf/](https://www.colorfonts.wtf/)) but these are pretty new, and it would be a challenge to persuade LaTeX to adopt the technology (even if there was a suitable font available).

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/11 "2021-02-08T20:59:42Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
>
> were really procrastinating…

this…

Jokes aside, thanks a lot for the help and amazing work!!!

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**Author:** ![vancleve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vancleve/32/4183_2.png) [@vancleve](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vancleve)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/12 "2021-02-08T21:36:38Z")

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Shameless self promotion:

> **[GitHub - vancleve/julia\_logo\_latex](https://github.com/vancleve/julia_logo_latex)**
>
> Contribute to vancleve/julia\_logo\_latex development by creating an account on GitHub.

It uses the right julia font and correct julia colors and builds from the stackexchange post:

> [@\[ANN\] Julia logo for LaTeX](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-julia-logo-for-latex/11530):
>
> I’ve updated the Julia logo for LaTeX that John Wickerson posted on stackexchange and have put it on github: [https://github.com/vancleve/julia\_logo\_latex](https://github.com/vancleve/julia_logo_latex) Hope others find it useful slight_smile.

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**Author:** ![yakir12](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yakir12/32/297_2.png) [@yakir12](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yakir12)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/13 "2021-02-09T08:30:41Z")

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Alas, I get this:  
 ![screenshot_2021-02-09_09:29:24](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/d/3/d3075b3363423c0ac8aa899a009a7dad088997de.jpeg)  
which might have to do with the fact that I’m placing it inside a TikZ node…?

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**Author:** ![vancleve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vancleve/32/4183_2.png) [@vancleve](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vancleve)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/14 "2021-02-09T19:28:51Z")

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ah interesting, yes, that is probably it. not sure how to fix it… pull requests welcome 😉

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**Author:** ![jling](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jling/32/212909_2.png) [@jling](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jling)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/15 "2022-07-22T21:03:55Z")

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to improve on this

```julia
\newcommand{\julia}{\includegraphics[trim=0 1cm 0 -1cm, height=1.2em]{julia-logo-color.pdf}\ }

```

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/1/e/1e6fc3ae8c5aeba182d7a124e66e6dbc0b077426.png)

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**Author:** ![vancleve](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vancleve/32/4183_2.png) [@vancleve](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/vancleve)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/is-there-a-julia-latex-symbol-so-latex-in-latex-is-latex-is-there-somethi/54703/16 "2022-08-11T02:58:57Z")

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just to be clear, my julia\_logo\_latex package works well in simple scenarios, but since the macro uses a TikZ environment, using the macro in _another_ TikZ environment is probably causing issues for @yakir12.