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Questions tagged [oldstylenums]

"Old Style Numbers" are numerals typeset with varying heights in a fashion that resembles a typical line of running text.

"Old Style Numbers" are numerals typeset with varying heights in a fashion that resembles a typical line of running text, sometimes also called "Lower-case Numbers" or "Text Figures".

Compare with "normal" (or "New Style Numbers") which always take the full height of an "M" and are sometimes called "Upper-case Numbers" or "Lining Figures".

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Sans serif old-style numerals?

is it possible to get old-style numerals as sans serif? \oldstylenums is with serifs only as far as I see. Or do I need an additional font? (if yes, which one would be suggested?) Cheers and thanks, Thomas
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What is the correct way of writing a percentage next to \oldstylenums?

If I want to write in text e.g. 1.1-1.5% and use \oldstylenums to get non-lining numbers, what would be the correct way of specifying the percent sign? When I simply write the percent sign as \oldstylenums{1.1}--\oldstylenums{1.5}\% the percent…
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My numbers appear as old style numbers in cursive mode

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…
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Using oldstylenums with siunitx. Or making it the default style in document

I am attempting to add use siunitx and want all my numbers to be in the oldstyle. However, I am unable to compile it correctly. Something like \SI{\oldstylenums{23}}{\milli\Molar} throws errors at me. Is there some way of making all numbers (if…
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Chapters and sections without oldstyle numbers

I want to use \usepackage[sfdefault]{merriweather}, but without the oldstyle numbers. So, I wanted to change the font for numbers on the sections and chapters or use a similar font (Helvetica, maybe?). I think that the sectsty package has a…
Costa PR
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