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Additional Latin letters

Here are the basic LaTeX commands for inserting letters beyond A–Z that extend the Latin alphabet, used primarily in languages other than English.

\aa ¶

\AA

å and Å.

\ae ¶

\AE

æ and Æ.

\dh ¶

\DH

Icelandic letter eth: ð and Ð. Not available with OT1 encoding, you need the fontenc package to select an alternate font encoding, such as T1.

\dj ¶

\DJ

Crossed d and D, a.k.a. capital and small letter d with stroke. Not available with OT1 encoding, you need the fontenc package to select an alternate font encoding, such as T1.

\ij ¶

\IJ

ij and IJ (except somewhat closer together than appears here).

\l ¶

\L

ł and Ł.

\ng ¶

\NG

Lappish letter eng, also used in phonetics.

\o ¶

\O

ø and Ø.

\oe ¶

\OE

œ and Œ.

\ss ¶

\SS

ß and SS.

\th ¶

\TH

Icelandic letter thorn: þ and Þ. Not available with OT1 encoding, you need the fontenc package to select an alternate font encoding, such as T1.