ben@tasis.utas.oz.au@munnari.oz (Ben Lian) (07/19/89)
Sigh. Here goes. You can really tell I'm a fairly new TeX user....
It MUST be possible to get an upright \varepsilon the same size as the
capital Greek characters. I am trying to do $T_{\Sigma,\upvarepsilon}$,
where \upvarepsilon is a command which gives me what I want.
I seem to recall having seen something in the TeXbook showing how to
coerce TeX into slanting characters to the left. Getting the upright
\varepsilon the right size if obviously no problem.
Ben Lian
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-- Cartoon, CW AustraliaHorne-Scott@cs.yale.edu (Scott Horne) (07/19/89)
In article <962@diemen.cc.utas.oz>, ben@tasis (Ben Lian) writes: > > Sigh. Here goes. You can really tell I'm a fairly new TeX user.... As were all of us at one time.... > It MUST be possible to get an upright \varepsilon the same size as the > capital Greek characters. I am trying to do $T_{\Sigma,\upvarepsilon}$, > where \upvarepsilon is a command which gives me what I want. > I seem to recall having seen something in the TeXbook showing how to > coerce TeX into slanting characters to the left. Getting the upright > \varepsilon the right size if obviously no problem. What you probably saw in _The TeXbook_ was ``unslanted italic'' in Chapter 4. Well, that was obtained by a special font (which in turn was obtained by setting the slant to zero in the regular italic font). This can't be achieved in TeX. To achieve what you want, you'll need to learn METAFONT. But you probably shouldn't use the upright \varepsilon. What you may want is a sort of script `E'. Something similar can be obtained with `{\cal E}'. --Scott Scott Horne Hacker-in-Chief, Yale CS Dept Facility horne@cs.Yale.edu ...!{harvard,cmcl2,decvax}!yale!horne Home: 203 789-0877 SnailMail: Box 7196 Yale Station, New Haven, CT 06520 Work: 203 432-1260 Summer residence: 175 Dwight St, New Haven, CT Dare I speak for the amorphous gallimaufry of intellectual thought called Yale?