# Recommended font for math symbols?

I need to show unit symbols of micro, nano, kilo, mega .. Is there a recommend front for this usage?

ex: 10µ Ω

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No one uses the units package anymore? –  Manuel Kuehner Jun 9 at 11:19
I am developing a scientific app! –  simo Jun 9 at 11:21
@ManuelKuehner why should I use the units package over siunitx? I'm genuinely curious. –  Argo Jun 9 at 11:24
@Argo: The package is much simpler and stable. I experienced that I used siunitx and then I updated my LaTeX installation a couple of months later and I had an error due to changed in the code of siunitx. Of course siunitx is more powerful. But in normal day to day work units is good enough and I don't need to remember many commands. And I love the nicefrac option. All of that is highly subjective! –  Manuel Kuehner Jun 9 at 11:54
I see, I'll look into it. I had to typeset some imperial units for an exam in physics and that was kinda a pain to do manually properly. –  Argo Jun 9 at 12:03
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Use the siunitx package, it's pretty much the best way to typeset (SI)units, since you don't have to take care of spacing, symbols and whatnot.

Example:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\begin{document
This is an example of the siunitx package: \SI{10}{\micro\ohm}
\end{document


Gives the following:

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Also the \num command by itself is very useful: it inserts thin spaces between triplets of digits in five-digit or higher numbers. So, \num{10000} would output 10 000 (with a thin space). –  WChargin Jun 9 at 15:48
@WChargin agreed, although I don't use it for the space between digits, but rather for scientific notation. \num{8,85e-12} is faster than $8,85\cdot 10^{-12}$ (and it probably handles the spacing as well). –  Argo Jun 9 at 16:14
\documentclass[12pt]{report}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{upgreek}
\begin{document}

$10\,\upmu\Omega$

\end{document}


Have a look at package siunitx. It makes life easier for writing values and units.

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