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Is there any command or macro for printing a character with a cross over it?

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Are you referring to something like cancelling? As in How to strike through obliquely, e.g. to indicate cancellation? –  Werner Sep 3 at 13:12
I need a double stroke, like a big X across a C. –  user56153 Sep 3 at 13:14

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With tikz anything is possible if you are determined.



  \node[cross out,inner sep=0.5pt,outer sep=0pt,#1]{#2};

  \mycancel[draw=red]{C} \mycancel{$\alpha$}

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But there is already a package for it and you can use it in math mode.







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Thank you, Harish, it's perfect! –  user56153 Sep 3 at 13:39

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