Size of \tau and its low index with the most beautiful style

Question

Is there a $\tau_M$ that to be the most beautiful in size of $\tau$ and its low index?

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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 09:22

3

Something like:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\tau_M\quad\mathrm{vs.}\quad\tau_{\!\scriptscriptstyle M}$
\end{document}

answered Jun 10 '17 at 09:22

Arzigoglu

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '17 at 09:36

3

You want neither a larger tau nor a smaller M: just push the subscript down with an empty superscript.

\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}

\[
\tau^{}_{M} > \tau_{M} \gg \tau_{\!\scriptscriptstyle M}
\]

\end{document}

where “>” stands for “is more correct than”:

answered Jun 10 '17 at 09:36

egreg

I respectfully insist for $\tau_{\!M}^{}$ (see my previous comment). – GuM Jun 10 '17 at 11:08
@GustavoMezzetti No, I don't think it's better. – egreg Jun 10 '17 at 11:11
I think that $\tau_{!!_M}^{}$ is the BEST. – bigli Jun 10 '17 at 11:28

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