Different styles of checkmark (✓, ☑) symbol in LaTeX
In LaTeX, there is no default command to get the checkmark symbol. In this tutorial, I will show you different styles of checkmark symbols with different packages.
Thin check mark(✓) symbol
The following table lists all the thin checkmark symbols with the required package, command, and output.
| Package | Command | Output |
|---|---|---|
amssymb | \checkmark | |
arev | $\ballotcheck$ | |
wasysym | \checked | |
fdsymbol | $\checkmark$ | |
MnSymbol | $\checkmark$ | |
boisik | \checkmark | |
utfsym | \usym{1F5F8} |
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wasysym}
\begin{document}
Checkmark symbol with \texttt{wasysym} package: \checked
\end{document}Output:

Heavy check mark(✔) symbol
All the heavy check mark symbols are listed in the table given below.
| Package | Command | Output |
|---|---|---|
bbding | \Checkmark | |
bbding | \CheckmarkBold | |
fontawesome | \faCheck | |
stix | \checkmark | |
pifont | \ding{52} | |
pifont | \ding{51} | |
utfsym | \usym{2705} | |
utfsym | \usym{2713} | |
utfsym | \usym{2714} | |
dingbat | \checkmark |
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{bbding,fontawesome,pifont}
\begin{document}
Checkmark symbol with \texttt{bbding} package: \CheckmarkBold
Checkmark symbol with \texttt{fontawesome} package: \faCheck
Checkmark symbol with \texttt{pifont} package: \ding{52}
\end{document}Output:

Checkbox or Boxed check mark(☑) symbol
Multiple packages provide different commands to get different styles of checkbox symbols in LaTeX. I listed all of these.
| Package | Command | Output |
|---|---|---|
wasysym | \CheckedBox | |
marvosym | \Checkedbox | |
utfsym | \usym{2611} | |
fontawesome | \faCheckSquare | |
fontawesome | \faCheckCircleO | |
fontawesome | \faCheckCircle | |
fontawesome | \faCheckSquareO |
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{wasysym,fontawesome,utfsym}
\begin{document}
Boxed check mark symbol with \texttt{wasysym} package: \CheckedBox
Boxed check mark symbol with \texttt{fontawesome} package: \faCheckSquare
Boxed check mark symbol with \texttt{utfsym} package: \usym{2611}
\end{document}Output:

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