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I would like the arrows created by textleftarrow and textrightarrow to be 50% and 75% shorter, while leaving the arrow head the same size. I'm using it in a non-math environment; just normal text.

I have consulted the following posts to no avail, because they all seem to be math-based:

• Very short arrow symbol


• Arrows of arbitrary length


• 
  

  mathpazo

  
  
  

  %XeLaTeX
  
  documentclass[11pt]{book}
  
  usepackage{polyglossia}
  
  
  
  begin{document}
  
  
  
  Why textrightarrow{} can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?
  
  
  
  end{document}
  
  

  
  

arrows polyglossia arrowwithtext

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  What prevents you from using a math-based solution and wrapping it into ensuremath{...}?
  
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  22 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  The arrow produced by ensuremath{rightarrow} looks the same as textrightarrow. I don't see in those examples how to shorten it in combination with ensuremath.
  
  – AML
  21 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  What I meant is documentclass{article} newcommand{veryshortarrow}[1][3pt]{ensuremath{mathrel{% hbox{rule[dimexprfontdimen22textfont2-.2ptrelax]{#1}{.4pt}}% mkern-4muhbox{usefont{U}{lasy}{m}{n}symbol{41}}}}} begin{document} averyshortarrow b end{document}
  
  – marmot
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  It's got potential. Thank you. Looking for the arrow head to be the same size and also a left arrow.
  
  – AML
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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I would like the arrows created by textleftarrow and textrightarrow to be 50% and 75% shorter, while leaving the arrow head the same size. I'm using it in a non-math environment; just normal text.

I have consulted the following posts to no avail, because they all seem to be math-based:

• Very short arrow symbol


• Arrows of arbitrary length


• 
  

  mathpazo

  
  
  

  %XeLaTeX
  
  documentclass[11pt]{book}
  
  usepackage{polyglossia}
  
  
  
  begin{document}
  
  
  
  Why textrightarrow{} can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?
  
  
  
  end{document}
  
  

  
  

arrows polyglossia arrowwithtext

share|improve this question

asked yesterday

AMLAML

1,3632426

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What prevents you from using a math-based solution and wrapping it into ensuremath{...}?
  
  – marmot
  22 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  The arrow produced by ensuremath{rightarrow} looks the same as textrightarrow. I don't see in those examples how to shorten it in combination with ensuremath.
  
  – AML
  21 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What I meant is documentclass{article} newcommand{veryshortarrow}[1][3pt]{ensuremath{mathrel{% hbox{rule[dimexprfontdimen22textfont2-.2ptrelax]{#1}{.4pt}}% mkern-4muhbox{usefont{U}{lasy}{m}{n}symbol{41}}}}} begin{document} averyshortarrow b end{document}
  
  – marmot
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It's got potential. Thank you. Looking for the arrow head to be the same size and also a left arrow.
  
  – AML
  21 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I would like the arrows created by textleftarrow and textrightarrow to be 50% and 75% shorter, while leaving the arrow head the same size. I'm using it in a non-math environment; just normal text.

I have consulted the following posts to no avail, because they all seem to be math-based:

• Very short arrow symbol


• Arrows of arbitrary length


• 
  

  mathpazo

  
  
  

  %XeLaTeX
  
  documentclass[11pt]{book}
  
  usepackage{polyglossia}
  
  
  
  begin{document}
  
  
  
  Why textrightarrow{} can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?
  
  
  
  end{document}
  
  

  
  

arrows polyglossia arrowwithtext

share|improve this question

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AMLAML

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You can use the trimclip package for this.

The clipbox* command removes portions of your text outside the box specified by 4 coordinates:

clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow

will leave the right 75% of the arrow. Similarly,

clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow

will leave the left 75% of the arrow. Adjust as desired.

Here's the code:

%XeLaTeX

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage{polyglossia}

usepackage{trimclip}



newcommand{shorttextrightarrow}{clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow}

newcommand{shorttextleftarrow}{clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow}



begin{document}



Why textrightarrow can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?



Why shorttextrightarrow can't I figure this out shorttextleftarrow ?



end{document}

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You can use the trimclip package for this.

The clipbox* command removes portions of your text outside the box specified by 4 coordinates:

clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow

will leave the right 75% of the arrow. Similarly,

clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow

will leave the left 75% of the arrow. Adjust as desired.

Here's the code:

%XeLaTeX

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage{polyglossia}

usepackage{trimclip}



newcommand{shorttextrightarrow}{clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow}

newcommand{shorttextleftarrow}{clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow}



begin{document}



Why textrightarrow can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?



Why shorttextrightarrow can't I figure this out shorttextleftarrow ?



end{document}

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

Sandy GSandy G

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2

You can use the trimclip package for this.

The clipbox* command removes portions of your text outside the box specified by 4 coordinates:

clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow

will leave the right 75% of the arrow. Similarly,

clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow

will leave the left 75% of the arrow. Adjust as desired.

Here's the code:

%XeLaTeX

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage{polyglossia}

usepackage{trimclip}



newcommand{shorttextrightarrow}{clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow}

newcommand{shorttextleftarrow}{clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow}



begin{document}



Why textrightarrow can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?



Why shorttextrightarrow can't I figure this out shorttextleftarrow ?



end{document}

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

Sandy GSandy G

2,6221321

add a comment | 

You can use the trimclip package for this.

The clipbox* command removes portions of your text outside the box specified by 4 coordinates:

clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow

will leave the right 75% of the arrow. Similarly,

clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow

will leave the left 75% of the arrow. Adjust as desired.

Here's the code:

%XeLaTeX

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage{polyglossia}

usepackage{trimclip}



newcommand{shorttextrightarrow}{clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow}

newcommand{shorttextleftarrow}{clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow}



begin{document}



Why textrightarrow can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?



Why shorttextrightarrow can't I figure this out shorttextleftarrow ?



end{document}

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

Sandy GSandy G

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clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow

clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow

%XeLaTeX

documentclass[11pt]{book}

usepackage{polyglossia}

usepackage{trimclip}



newcommand{shorttextrightarrow}{clipbox*{{.25width} 0pt {width} {height}} textrightarrow}

newcommand{shorttextleftarrow}{clipbox*{0pt 0pt {.75width} {height}} textleftarrow}



begin{document}



Why textrightarrow can't I figure this out textleftarrow ?



Why shorttextrightarrow can't I figure this out shorttextleftarrow ?



end{document}

share|improve this answer

answered 17 hours ago

Sandy GSandy G

2,6221321

answered 17 hours ago

Sandy GSandy G

2,6221321

answered 17 hours ago

Sandy GSandy G

2,6221321