# \txtbbLparen

The ( symbol (Left parenthesis, U+0028), written as \txtbbLparen in LaTeX text mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/txtbbLparen

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Blackboard bold (bboldx)](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/blackboard-bold) |
| Packages | bboldx |
| Allowed mode | text |
| Glyph | ( |
| Unicode | U+0028 LEFT PARENTHESIS |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\txtbbLparen
```

Takes no arguments.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+0028 (LEFT PARENTHESIS).