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mathematical monospace small k

Mathematical Monospace Small K

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Use \mathtt{k} in LaTeX math for a typewriter-style k; 𝚔 is the dedicated Unicode character for the mathematical monospace alphabet. That style can distinguish one formula symbol from another, but this letter alone has no fixed value.

Text symbol

What 𝚔 means

In LaTeX math, write \mathtt{k} for typewriter style.

The command requests a mathematical typewriter form; it does not require the source itself to contain the literal character 𝚔.

What does 𝚔 mean?

It is a lowercase k in mathematical monospace style.

A 1999 Unicode proposal documents an existing typesetting practice: scientific publishers used letter styles to distinguish symbols in formulas and wanted those distinctions preserved in plain text. The mathematical alphabets entered Unicode in version 3.1 (2001). The character identifies a style, while the font supplies its exact shape.

A notation character, not a particular value of k; its style belongs to the mathematical alphabet.

For ordinary text styling, use font formatting; Unicode reserves these separate alphabets for mathematical notation.

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Don't confuse it with

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k
Latin Small Letter K
Plain k is the ordinary Latin character; 𝚔 is encoded separately, so the distinction can matter in a formula.

Questions people ask

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Why did 𝚔 turn into plain k?

NFKC can cause this: Unicode's compatibility-normalization form folds mathematical letter styles to basic Latin letters, so 𝚔 becomes k. Avoid that step where a formula depends on the style distinction.

How to type or find 𝚔

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monospace k · monospaced k · typewriter k · math monospace k · mathtt k · code-font k · unicode k
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 1D694, then AltX to get 𝚔.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “mathematical monospace small k”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 1d694, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𝚔
CSS
\1D694
LaTeX math
Write \mathtt{k} in math mode for typewriter style; it typesets that style but need not put literal 𝚔 in the source.
HTML source
Use 𝚔 as a hexadecimal character reference to insert the exact Unicode character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𝚔
HTML hex
𝚔
CSS content
content: "\1D694";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9D%9A%94
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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