\UseTextAccent & \UseTextSymbol (LaTeX2e unofficial reference manual (November 2018))

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#### 4.1.11 `\UseTextAccent` & `\UseTextSymbol`

Synopsis:

    \UseTextSymbol{encoding}{cmd}

or:

    \UseTextAccent{encoding}{cmd}{text}

Use a symbol or accent not from the current encoding.

In general, to use a `fontenc` command in an encoding where it is not defined, and if the command has no arguments, then you can use it as here:

    \UseTextSymbol{OT1}{\ss}

which is equivalent to this (note the braces forming a group so LaTeX reverts back to the prior encoding after the `\ss`).

    { \fontencoding{OT1}\selectfont\ss }

Similarly, to use a `fontenc` command in an encoding where it is not defined, and if the command has one argument, you can use it as here:

    \UseTextAccent{OT1}{\'}{a}

which is equivalent to this (again note the braces forming a group).

    { fontencoding{OT1}\selectfont\'{\fontencoding{enc_in_use}\selectfont a} }

Here, the encoding in force before this sequence of commands is end_in_use so that ‘`a`’ is typeset using the current encoding and only the accent is taken from `OT1`.

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