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Questions tagged [math-fonts]

This tag covers fonts used in math-mode, ranging from changing the font to redefining commands like \mathrm or \mathsf. When asking about conflicts between a specific font package and a symbol please also tag your question with the font package.

This tag covers fonts used in math-mode, ranging from changing the font to redefining commands like \mathrm or \mathsf. When asking about conflicts between a specific font package and a symbol please also tag your question with the font package.

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Why does putting a digit under \mathcal{...} display an unrelated symbol?

I have found, unintentionally, that if you write $\mathcal{P_1}$ you obtain the same as $\mathcal{P}_{\infty}$ , i.e., Is this a bug or a Latex functionality unknown to me?
A. J. Pan-Collantes
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Old style union and intersection symbols

I find books typeset before 1970 sometimes more comfortable to read than more modern versions. I am trying to get this older book style for some of my LaTeX documents. Thanks to TeX Exchange I get pretty close using the Old Standard font and some…
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Teletype Greek letters

I need to write greek letters (specifically, \mu, \alpha, \tau) in a teletyped font, but wrapping them in a \mathtt does not seem to do the trick. Effectively, none of the font types seems to apply to these lowercase letters (I could do bold with…
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Lower case \mathbb with a decent font

In the answers to package for \mathbb{lowercase letter} symbol there are two options for a blackboard bold font that includes lower case letters. They look like this: Unfortunately neither of these look very good to me. The mathbol one is better,…
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What is the LaTeX code for the symbol denoting a collection of nonempty sets that forms a partition of a set?

Page 1161 of "Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest and Clifford Stein. Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Edition. MIT Press, 2009" says What is the LaTeX code for the symbol that denotes a collection of nonempty sets that forms a…
JJJohn
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Is this math font available in Latex?

I have opened the pdf in Adobe reader and it shows Times New Roman PSMT as the font, although that may be true for the text font, I am pretty sure the math font is not the same. My guess is the math font is no longer maintained in LaTeX but I would…
Masum
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Best text "f" in mathmode

Closely Related To : Ugly spacing around f in math mode . I wonder how I should define an "f" that does not designate a function, but is just standard lettering. For example, I have contributors that may want to write ax + by + cz + and on…
ivo Welch
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Lowercase \mathscr and \mathcal letters

I'm sorry since I know this question has both been asked and answered before here, but I really am not good with computers and learning latex in itself has already been quite overwhelming. My question is: how do I write lowercase letters in \mathscr…
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Command that makes uppercase letters \mathcal and lowercase letters \mathfrak

Is there a way to make a command \mixedfont{...} that turns uppercase letters into \mathcal letters and lowercase ones into \mathfrak? For example, \mixedfont{AbcDef} should give the same output as \mathcal{A}\mathfrak{bc}\mathcal{D}\mathfrak{ef}.
Math Student 020
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Math font family for Merriweather (black) font family

I want to use a strong font in my text, like \usepackage[black]{merriweather}, but it also has a lot of equations. So, is there any "strong" math font I could…
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Bold and non bold f are different characters in math

In an equation I want to write force vector with boldface f and its components in normal font. The result of this code \begin{equation} \mathbf{f} \neq f \end{equation} is unacceptable: Any suggestions, apart from switching to a different…
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How to use a custom font for \mathfrak?

I am playing around with different math fonts, and currently I am using: \usepackage[amsthm, libertine, varbb]{newtxmath} which gives me some nice fonts for math, \mathcal, \mathbb and \mathscr. The only thing I don't like is the result of…
Shai Avr
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txfonts minus sign

I used XeLaTeX to compile the code \documentclass{article} \usepackage{txfonts} \everymath{\displaystyle} \begin{document} \[\sum a^k=p\sum a^{k−1}−q\sum a^{k−2}+r\sum a^{k−3}.\] \end{document} I found that the minus sign in the display doesn't…
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Unknown math font

I am trying to identify the font used for the integral sign and letter x here: Any ideas?
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How to use "Noto Math" letter alone?

There is the upright greek letter like \uppi in "Noto Math". I want use it, but not through newtxmath package I can't find the vf file about "Noto Sans Math RM", just find "Noto Sans Math MI" (italic math). How to find "RM" and use it directly? In…
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