What's up with the spacing between letters inside $...$?

Question

When I write $VSS$ in my LaTeX studio, it behaves it as if there is a space between V and S (i.e. V SS).

Is there a way to fix this? I tried \scalebox{.85}[1.0]{$VSS$}, but it did not work well. Any suggestion would be appreciated.

http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/129400/multiple-letters-without-spacing-in-math?rq=1 and linked questions may be of interest. — Torbjørn T., Jun 18 '14 at 22:47

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '14 at 22:38

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$VSS$ means $V$ times $S$ times $S$ . If you need an italic text in math mode, you may use $\textit{VSS}$ or $\mathit{VSS} (they are not equivalent).

answered Jun 18 '14 at 22:38

Przemysław Scherwentke

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But the default font for math is italic isn't? – Sigur Jun 18 '14 at 22:42
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@Sigur Not exactly. It is math italic, a bit wider. – Przemysław Scherwentke Jun 18 '14 at 22:43
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@Sigur It's math italic; in well designed fonts it's not the same as text italic. – egreg Jun 18 '14 at 22:43
The difference is only spacing, right? The char shapes are the same? – Sigur Jun 18 '14 at 22:45
Thank you very much! This solves my problem. (I cannot accept or vote up your answer because I still don't have 15 reputation.) – user77571 Jun 18 '14 at 22:45
@Sigur more like similar. – Manuel Jun 18 '14 at 22:45
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@Sigur No. The characters are wider. – Przemysław Scherwentke Jun 18 '14 at 22:45
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The characters are wider in the case of Computer Modern or Latin Modern or maybe some other fonts specifically designed for that. As far as I know, the math italic from MinionPro, for instance, has the same characters as the text font, the difference is in the bounding box – Bernard Jun 18 '14 at 23:09

What's up with the spacing between letters inside $...$?

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