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I'm writing about C* algebras and I'm trying to write *-strings efficiently. I managed to define C* like this:



newcommand{Cstar}{Ctextsuperscript{*}}


While I have to invoke it as Cstar{} to prevent it from sticking to the next word, I have had trouble writing a command to add * to any word (such as morphism or isometry). I tried doing this:



newcommand{star}[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}


without luck.
Is this possible, and should I be doing this with LaTex, or is it something I should be doing with my editor's macros?






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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Note that it is usually best practice here to include a small example document that does only include the bare necessities to show what you're trying so far (e.g. documentclass{article}newcommandstar[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}begin{document}star{Foo}end{document} would suffice here).

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    The command star is already defined in LaTeX. You can try Star instead.

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I'm writing about C* algebras and I'm trying to write *-strings efficiently. I managed to define C* like this:



newcommand{Cstar}{Ctextsuperscript{*}}


While I have to invoke it as Cstar{} to prevent it from sticking to the next word, I have had trouble writing a command to add * to any word (such as morphism or isometry). I tried doing this:



newcommand{star}[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}


without luck.
Is this possible, and should I be doing this with LaTex, or is it something I should be doing with my editor's macros?






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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Note that it is usually best practice here to include a small example document that does only include the bare necessities to show what you're trying so far (e.g. documentclass{article}newcommandstar[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}begin{document}star{Foo}end{document} would suffice here).

    – Skillmon
    8 hours ago








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    The command star is already defined in LaTeX. You can try Star instead.

    – Phelype Oleinik
    8 hours ago














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I'm writing about C* algebras and I'm trying to write *-strings efficiently. I managed to define C* like this:



newcommand{Cstar}{Ctextsuperscript{*}}


While I have to invoke it as Cstar{} to prevent it from sticking to the next word, I have had trouble writing a command to add * to any word (such as morphism or isometry). I tried doing this:



newcommand{star}[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}


without luck.
Is this possible, and should I be doing this with LaTex, or is it something I should be doing with my editor's macros?






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I'm writing about C* algebras and I'm trying to write *-strings efficiently. I managed to define C* like this:



newcommand{Cstar}{Ctextsuperscript{*}}


While I have to invoke it as Cstar{} to prevent it from sticking to the next word, I have had trouble writing a command to add * to any word (such as morphism or isometry). I tried doing this:



newcommand{star}[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}


without luck.
Is this possible, and should I be doing this with LaTex, or is it something I should be doing with my editor's macros?






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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Note that it is usually best practice here to include a small example document that does only include the bare necessities to show what you're trying so far (e.g. documentclass{article}newcommandstar[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}begin{document}star{Foo}end{document} would suffice here).

    – Skillmon
    8 hours ago








  • 1





    The command star is already defined in LaTeX. You can try Star instead.

    – Phelype Oleinik
    8 hours ago



















  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Note that it is usually best practice here to include a small example document that does only include the bare necessities to show what you're trying so far (e.g. documentclass{article}newcommandstar[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}begin{document}star{Foo}end{document} would suffice here).

    – Skillmon
    8 hours ago








  • 1





    The command star is already defined in LaTeX. You can try Star instead.

    – Phelype Oleinik
    8 hours ago

















Welcome to TeX.SX! Note that it is usually best practice here to include a small example document that does only include the bare necessities to show what you're trying so far (e.g. documentclass{article}newcommandstar[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}begin{document}star{Foo}end{document} would suffice here).

– Skillmon
8 hours ago







Welcome to TeX.SX! Note that it is usually best practice here to include a small example document that does only include the bare necessities to show what you're trying so far (e.g. documentclass{article}newcommandstar[1]{#1textsuperscript{*}}begin{document}star{Foo}end{document} would suffice here).

– Skillmon
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The command star is already defined in LaTeX. You can try Star instead.

– Phelype Oleinik
8 hours ago





The command star is already defined in LaTeX. You can try Star instead.

– Phelype Oleinik
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In my opinion, the asterisk should be always in the upright font, independently of the context. Besides, textsuperscript{*} would place the asterisk too high, see the last line in the image below.



Also C* should probably always appear upright, but you may decide otherwise.



Redefining star could be safe in your context, but be aware that star is the name of a symbol, namely ⋆, and you may want to save it under another name in case you decide to use it.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{amsmath}



newcommand{Star}[1]{#1ensuremath{^*}kern-scriptspace}

newcommand{CStar}{Star{ensuremath{mathrm{C}}}}



begin{document}



% the commands in upright text

We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.



% the commands in italics context, such as theorems

textit{We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.}



% with textsuperscript{*}

textit{We deal with Ctextsuperscript{*}-algebras, with morphismstextsuperscript{*}

and isometriestextsuperscript{*}.}



end{document}


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In my opinion, the asterisk should be always in the upright font, independently of the context. Besides, textsuperscript{*} would place the asterisk too high, see the last line in the image below.



Also C* should probably always appear upright, but you may decide otherwise.



Redefining star could be safe in your context, but be aware that star is the name of a symbol, namely ⋆, and you may want to save it under another name in case you decide to use it.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{amsmath}



newcommand{Star}[1]{#1ensuremath{^*}kern-scriptspace}

newcommand{CStar}{Star{ensuremath{mathrm{C}}}}



begin{document}



% the commands in upright text

We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.



% the commands in italics context, such as theorems

textit{We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.}



% with textsuperscript{*}

textit{We deal with Ctextsuperscript{*}-algebras, with morphismstextsuperscript{*}

and isometriestextsuperscript{*}.}



end{document}


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In my opinion, the asterisk should be always in the upright font, independently of the context. Besides, textsuperscript{*} would place the asterisk too high, see the last line in the image below.



Also C* should probably always appear upright, but you may decide otherwise.



Redefining star could be safe in your context, but be aware that star is the name of a symbol, namely ⋆, and you may want to save it under another name in case you decide to use it.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{amsmath}



newcommand{Star}[1]{#1ensuremath{^*}kern-scriptspace}

newcommand{CStar}{Star{ensuremath{mathrm{C}}}}



begin{document}



% the commands in upright text

We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.



% the commands in italics context, such as theorems

textit{We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.}



% with textsuperscript{*}

textit{We deal with Ctextsuperscript{*}-algebras, with morphismstextsuperscript{*}

and isometriestextsuperscript{*}.}



end{document}


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In my opinion, the asterisk should be always in the upright font, independently of the context. Besides, textsuperscript{*} would place the asterisk too high, see the last line in the image below.



Also C* should probably always appear upright, but you may decide otherwise.



Redefining star could be safe in your context, but be aware that star is the name of a symbol, namely ⋆, and you may want to save it under another name in case you decide to use it.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{amsmath}



newcommand{Star}[1]{#1ensuremath{^*}kern-scriptspace}

newcommand{CStar}{Star{ensuremath{mathrm{C}}}}



begin{document}



% the commands in upright text

We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.



% the commands in italics context, such as theorems

textit{We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.}



% with textsuperscript{*}

textit{We deal with Ctextsuperscript{*}-algebras, with morphismstextsuperscript{*}

and isometriestextsuperscript{*}.}



end{document}


enter image description here






share|improve this answer













In my opinion, the asterisk should be always in the upright font, independently of the context. Besides, textsuperscript{*} would place the asterisk too high, see the last line in the image below.



Also C* should probably always appear upright, but you may decide otherwise.



Redefining star could be safe in your context, but be aware that star is the name of a symbol, namely ⋆, and you may want to save it under another name in case you decide to use it.



documentclass{article}

usepackage{amsmath}



newcommand{Star}[1]{#1ensuremath{^*}kern-scriptspace}

newcommand{CStar}{Star{ensuremath{mathrm{C}}}}



begin{document}



% the commands in upright text

We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.



% the commands in italics context, such as theorems

textit{We deal with CStar-algebras, with Star{morphisms}

and Star{isometries}.}



% with textsuperscript{*}

textit{We deal with Ctextsuperscript{*}-algebras, with morphismstextsuperscript{*}

and isometriestextsuperscript{*}.}



end{document}


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