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How can I change from old style numbers to normal looking numbers when using cursive modes such as \emph ? My problem occurs when I try to make a reference using the style=chem-acs package, because the numbers does not in any way look like the ones in prober articles. Here is my preamble:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[backend=bibtex,natbib=true,style=chem-acs]{biblatex}
\usepackage[journal=rsc]{chemstyle}
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{dblfnote}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{pbox}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{threeparttable}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\em{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9}
\end{document}

Numbers I get from my code

Gustav Wørmer
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There may be some terminological confusion over numeral style -- "lining" versus "oldstyle" on the one hand and numeral shape -- "upright" versus "italic" -- on the other. Style and shape are two separate and (in principle) independent aspects.

The following table, which loads the cfr-lm package for its \ostyle and \lstyle macros, shows the shapes and styles of the numerals in a 2x2 table:

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Observe that the numerals shown in your screenshot are lining numerals, not oldstyle numbers.

If you absolutely, positively can't stand the look of Computer Modern's italic numerals, you may need to start thinking about employing a different font family for your document.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{cfr-lm,booktabs}
\begin{document} 
\begin{tabular}{@{}lcc@{}}
font shape   & \multicolumn{2}{c@{}}{numeral style}\\
\cmidrule(l){2-3}
             & lining & oldstyle \\
\midrule
upright      &\lstyle{0123456789}    &    \ostyle{0123456789}\\
italic       &\em\lstyle{0123456789} & \em\ostyle{0123456789}\\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
Mico
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