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Hi,

> In math schoolbooks N Z R and alike are used to denote sets (natural
> numbers and so). Does anyone know where and in what fonts these symbols
are
> and how they are called in english?

I'm not sure whether a special font is involved.
In my LaTeX style file I found definitions for  R and C which I
probably once copied from someone else:

\def\R{\it{I\kern-0.65ex R}}
\def\C{\it{\kern.3ex\vrule height1.55ex depth-.05ex width.03em\kern-.9ex C}}

Greetings,

Sytse.

S.Knypstra@eco.rug.nl