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Ilmari Karonen wrote:
> How about:
> 
>   f  2
>   | x  dx
>   J
> 
> (F and J are probably the letters you want to use for the top and the
> bottom of the integral sign respectively, but whether upper, lower or
> mixed case looks best depends on the font.)

I don't think it is a good idea to use letters for the integral symbol.
It could be mixed up with upper/lower bounds for the integral. Consider
an Integral over a set J. Even this simple example does not really look
good in my eyes:
  b
  f  2
  | x  dx
  J
  a

Markus