Numero sign with double underline and matching font
Similar approach with a TABstack. It adapts to fontsize changes.
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{yfonts}
\usepackage{tabstackengine}
\newcommand\Number{\begingroup\setstackgap{S}{0.08ex}%
\ensureTABstackMath{\stackinset{r}{-.05em}{c}{}{\tabbedShortunderstack{%
\scalebox{.7}{$\scriptscriptstyle o$}\\\TABrule\\\TABrule}}{$\mathcal{N}$}}%
\endgroup}
\begin{document}
\frakfamily
\Number\,4
\Huge\Number\,4
\end{document}
This yields a similar result as in the example, and it adapts well to different font sizes.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{pict2e}
\newlength{\fslength}
\newlength{\fthickness}
\DeclareFontFamily{U}{eus}{\skewchar\font'60}
\DeclareFontShape{U}{eus}{m}{n}{%
<5><6><7><8><9>gen*eusm%
<10><10.95><12><14.4><17.28><20.74><24.88>eusm10}{}
\DeclareMathAlphabet\EuScript{U}{eus}{m}{n}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\Number}[1]{%
\setlength{\fslength}{\f@size pt}%
\setlength{\fthickness}{.04\fslength}%
\pdfsave\pdfliteral{1 0 .25 1 0 0 cm}\rlap{$\EuScript{N}$}\pdfrestore%
\phantom{$\EuScript{N}$}%
\rule[.16\fslength]{.25\fslength}{\fthickness}\hspace*{-.23\fslength}%
\rule[.24\fslength]{.25\fslength}{\fthickness}\hspace*{-.30\fslength}%
\raisebox{.24\fslength}[.4\fslength]{%
\centering%
\setlength{\unitlength}{\fslength}%
\begin{picture}(.3,.3)
\linethickness{\fthickness}
\put(.2,.2){\circle{.2}}
\end{picture}%
} #1%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
{\scriptsize This is \Number{4} for a test.}
{\small This is \Number{4} for a test.}
This is \Number{4} for a test.
{\large This is \Number{4} for a test.}
{\Large This is \Number{4} for a test.}
\end{document}
As it is, this example has to be compiled with pdfLaTeX. If it were to be compiled with XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX, the lines
\pdfsave\pdfliteral{1 0 .25 1 0 0 cm}\rlap{$\EuScript{N}$}\pdfrestore%
\phantom{$\EuScript{N}$}%
would have to be changed. The N symbol that I used in this example is a slanted version of the N in Euler script font, but I'm not sure how it can be slanted using other compilers. In any case, the above lines could be changed to simply
$\mathcal{N}$\hspace*{-.2\fslength}%
to yield a similar result than in the picture given at the beginning, but with a computer modern \mathcal{N}
.
Not as wide as in the example, but quite similar. A Cyrillic “number sign” with a second bar added.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pict2e,picture}
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\simplens}{%
{\normalfont\fontencoding{T2A}\itshape\symbol{'235}}%
}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\ns}{%
\simplens
\begin{picture}(0,0)
\linethickness{0.065ex}
\roundcap
\put(-0.225em,0.3ex){\line(1,0){0.215em}}
\end{picture}%
}
\begin{document}
Some text and \ns~1.
{\Large \ns~4}
\end{document}