How can I get this symbol without using bbold?
How about dsfont
?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{dsfont}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
$\mathds{1}$ and $\mathbb{B}$ or $\mathds{B}$
\end{document}
The modern toolchain, with unicode-math
, lets you select any TrueType or OpenType font for blackboard bold, or any subset of blackboard bold. For example,
\setmathfont[Scale = MatchUppercase, range=\Bbbone]{XITS Math}
changes only that one symbol, while
\setmathfont[Scale = MatchUppercase, range=bb]{STIX Two Math}
changes the entire blackboard bold alphabet.
You can just borrow the glyph from the bbold
font.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\newcommand{\bbone}{\text{\usefont{U}{bbold}{m}{n}1}}
\MakeRobust{\bbone}
\begin{document}
$\bbone\in\mathbb{R}$
\end{document}
The “robustness” is needed for uses in moving arguments (sectional titles or captions).