\text{\textbraceleft}

The command \text{\textbraceleft} is used to produce a left curly brace '{' in text mode within a LaTeX document. This is particularly useful when you need to include a literal curly brace in your text, as curly braces are typically reserved for grouping in LaTeX syntax.

Examples

Displaying a string with curly braces in text mode.

\text{\textbraceleft Hello, World!\textbraceright}

Representing a set with curly braces in text mode.

\text{Set: \textbraceleft a, b, c \textbraceright}

Enclosing a block of text within curly braces.

\text{\textbraceleft This is a block of text\textbraceright}