The discussion focuses on customizing the integral sign in LaTeX to achieve a straight appearance, similar to that in MathType. Users can replace the default slanting integral sign produced by the \int command by utilizing the \varint command from the wasysym package. An example code snippet demonstrates how to implement both the straight and slanting integral symbols within a LaTeX document.
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n.karthick said:I am using Latex for typesetting technical document. The default \int command produces the integral sign in somewhat slanting style. But I need the integral sign which look straight as I get in Mathtype software. Even though one may feel, why can't I just accept the default style of integral sign in Latex, out of curiosity, i want to know how can I make Latex to get my desired integral sign.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\begin{document}
\begin{equation}
\varint_a^b dx\ x^2 \qquad \int_a^b dx\ x^2
\end{equation}
\end{document}