How about \textasciitilde{} ?
Greets,
Juergen
> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Herbert Voss wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Sarah Mount wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > How can I print a ~ (tilde) in an article title? I don't want to put the
> > > tilde over a letter (like in some Spanish words) I want it to appear on
> > > its own. Any ideas?
> >
> > have a look at
> >
> > http://www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_155.html#SEC155
> >
> > for special character. in lyx you can write your ~, that is all.
>
> Thanks, but that doesn't work in a BibTeX field :(
>
> Regards,
>
> Sarah