Different style of copyright (©) symbol in LaTeX

The copyright symbol is used as a legal symbol. To get this symbol in LaTeX, you can use the default commands $\copyright$ and \textcopyright, But if you get any error like this.

Missing character: There is no © in font txr!

Then you have to load the textcomp package in the preamble of your document.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\begin{document}

  \verb|$\copyright$|$\rightarrow$ $\copyright$
  
  \verb|\textcopyright|$\rightarrow$ \textcopyright

\end{document}

Output:

copyright symbol with default command.

Copyright symbol with other packages

There are a lot more packages that provide the copyright symbol with different styles. The following table will help you to get your preferred style.

PackageCommandOutput
textcomp\textcopyright\textcopyright
textcomp$\copyright$$\copyright$
textcomp\textcopyleft\textcopyleft
txfonts\textcopyright\textcopyright
txfonts$\copyright$$\copyright$
fontawesome\faCopyright\faCopyright
ccicons\ccCopy\ccCopy
textcomp\sffamily\copyright\sffamily\copyright

You can use these copyright symbols in the title of your Document.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{textcomp}
\title{It's a Title}
\author{Parvez Akhtar Pasha \\ CodeSpeedy}
\date{\copyright\today}

\begin{document}

\maketitle

\end{document}

Output:

Copyright symbol in title of a document.

Copyright symbol in superscript

To use the copyright symbol in superscript, you can use the \textsuperscript{} command. For a better understanding take a look following examples.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{txfonts}
\usepackage{ccicons}
\usepackage{fontawesome}
\begin{document}
\underline{Copyright symbol in superscript}

 Copyright symbol with \textbf{txfonts} package:\\
   CodeSpeedy\textsuperscript{\tiny{\copyright}}\\
   CodeSpeedy\textsuperscript{\copyright}
   
 Copyright symbol with \textbf{ccicons} package:\\
   CodeSpeedy\textsuperscript{\tiny{\ccCopy}}\\
   CodeSpeedy\textsuperscript{\ccCopy}
   
 Copyright symbol \textbf{fontawesome} package:\\
   CodeSpeedy\textsuperscript{\tiny{\faCopyright}}\\
   CodeSpeedy\textsuperscript{\faCopyright}
   
\end{document}

Output:

copyright symbol in superscript

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