Questions tagged [sans-serif]
{sans-serif} fonts are those that do not have the small projecting features called "serifs" at the end of strokes.
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Inconsistent symbols in slides documentclass
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I like how the slides document-class typesets most of the maths, which I crop and use in a WYSIWYG slide editor.
First, I'm not sure how to set the font to 10pt, so that the new ...
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Using Tufte-LaTeX sfsidenotes option, how do I use the normal title style and how do I use sans-serif math in the side notes?
I'm using the Tufte Handout package's sfsidenotes option, which displays the sidenotes in a sans-serif font. Unfortunately, it also displays the title in sans-serif font. So it displays the first ...
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LuaLaTeX sans serif math font unicode greek
I know there are a lot of posts about this here on tex.stackexchange but all I can find are pretty old (almost ~ 5-10 years old by now) and I'm not sure if they still apply.
So is there a way to use a ...
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Different sans serif font for captions
In my document, I want to use palatino as the main text font, and Arev (or Myriad Pro) for captions. I found some relevant question on stackexchange, but none of them works for me :(
Here's the MWE:
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LaTex serif fonts not working on Pandoc
I have some documents in markdown that I'm trying to convert to PDF using the default latex-engine, pdflatex. This is on a CentOS 7.9.
In the markdown minimal example file, I have a yaml header which ...
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Suitable font for work with Moodle
I do quizzes in Moodle and sometimes the questions have to include an illustration. I have decided to create these images in LaTeX and have thought about everything except which font to use so that ...
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Using two different math fonts with LuaLaTeX
In a document I need to use both TrueType and some Type1, so I switched to LuaLatex. But I found a problem when setting math fonts.
Here is what I need:
the document uses a TrueType serif font (...
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The font "IBMPlexSerif-Light" cannot be found
I try to use “IBM Plex Sans Light” font then I just try to follow what describe here. So my MWE is the given LaTeX source founded in that page. I just put in my MWE’s directory the plex-otf packages.
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Typeset mathematical symbols also in sans serif font?
For creating the graphics for my thesis (function graphs, flow charts, line art sketches) I've chosen to use the sans serif font by
\renewcommand\familydefault{\sfdefault}
However when I use ...
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What shoud be the sans font for NewTX in math mode?
Related to How to reduce the height of the capitals in the sans math font in newtx version ≥ 1.724?:
Running pdflatex followed by pdffonts on
\documentclass{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[T1]{...
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How to reduce the height of the capitals in the sans math font in newtx version ≥ 1.724?
Running pdflatex on
\documentclass[ngerman]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[slantedGreek,subscriptcorrection,helvratio=.9]{newtx}% I ...
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Alphabets and Arabic numerals in Sansfont using XeLaTeX
My tags are follows:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fontspec}%
\usepackage[bold-style=TeX]{unicode-math}%
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX, Mapping=tex-text,Path = ../fonts/MinionPro/ ,
UprightFont= ...
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XeLatex typeset the document with Segoe UI
I try to change the font of my document with \setmainfont{Segoe UI}. The point is that it should work on other machines also, without installing extra fonts. Latex packages are no problem.
I tried \...
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The "L" of \ln in mathsf
I have redefined \ln with a sans-serif font but I am afraid that students misread "ln" as "In".
Do you know if there is another sans-serif font that I could use (maybe only for the ...
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Which fonts in images when using URW Palladio, Palatino, etc
I am using the URW Palladio L font in my LaTeX document. For the section headings, as well as the main text. I have many images which include texts. This text is in the sizes between 8pt and 12pt, so ...
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Not all elements change font [duplicate]
I am creating a document which needs to be in Sans Serif font. I have used the \sffamily command at the beginning of the body, which changes the font of the body, no problem. I have also used \...
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Use sffamily in threeparttablex' table body
I would like to use \sffamily for all elements of threeparttablex' ThreePartTable---the caption, the body and the notes---as I do below for a regular threeparttable. I've managed to change the caption ...
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How to use Verdana without Serifs in pdfLatex?
I used the following code to finally get Verdana font in pdf-Latex. But it has Serifs. How do I make it 'Sans Serifs' ?
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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begin{document}
\...
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How to use sans-serif italic greek letter in math mode?
I am typing \mathsf{\eta X \eta^\top} to represent 3 matrices multiplying together. I choose to use sans-serif fonts as matrices, but the greek letter \eta cannot be displayed as sans-serif fonts.
I ...
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Specific difference between \math<xx> and \text<xx> in math mode
In the process of moving almost entirely to OpenType fonts for text and math, but trying to retain MathTime Pro II as the math font, I am realizing that some of these commands may not actually do what ...
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Greek letters within \mathsf, \mathsfit, \mathbfsf, and \mathbfsfit without using unicode-math
There are now a number of OpenType math fonts (or font families) available with Greek sans serif letters in all combinations of upright/italic and regular/bold. Stix 2 is a prime example (although at ...
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Using roman (Palatino) and sans (Arev) math in the same document
This is kind of a follow up question of Make mathfont respect the surrounding family.
For my main text (\rmfamily) I want to use Palatino and for \sffamily Arev. The math fonts should also respect ...
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\textsf or \sffamily have different font than \section{}
This code
\documentclass{scrartcl}
\begin{document}
\section{Test}
\textsf{Test}
{\sffamily Test}
Normal Font
\end{document}
renders as this picture below. Why the text in sffamily is formatted ...
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Are there opentype sans math font(s) under development?
Rationale
\TeX and \LaTeX were created with the (implicit) goal to create printed documents, mostly in English. In this context, using serif fonts as a default makes sense ; in particular, using ...
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How to typeset micrometer (µm) using Arev font and SIUnitx
I have tried both of the following but the micro symbol is still incorrect since its serif whilst arev is a sans serif font:
\sisetup{detect-all}
\sisetup{math-micro={\usefont{T1}{phv}{m}{n}\text{\...
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what is the proper command to format the names of big mathematical theories like ZFC/PA etc
The answer to this question is gonna to be very short:
what is the proper command to format the names of big mathematical theories like ZFC/PA/RCA etc. I.e. set theory and Peano arithmetic.
I believe ...
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How to use \mathsf or \symsf in kpfonts
We know that kpfonts has a sans-serif math font, but the \mathsf and \symsf seem to use the CM fonts.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[bold-style=ISO,sans-style=italic]{unicode-math}
\usepackage{...
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What exactly is the difference between \usefonttheme{professionalfonts} and \usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif} in beamer?
When writing slides using beamer, the commands \usefonttheme{professionalfonts} and \usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif} are useful.
In texdoc beamer, I quote:
… onlymath is a short-cut for selecting all ...
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Typeset WHOLE document in sans-serif, Including Math Mode
The reigning answer for the Simplest way to typeset entire document in sans serif (Helvetica) completely disregards math-mode. This might be preferred when all math equations are set display style, ...
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\bm command affects other macros
I want to use bold sf-fonts to designate a special kind of variable. I do this by using the bm package and then wrapping \mathsf in \bm.
Unfortunately, this approach has the side effect that somehow ...
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What is the simplest way to typeset an entire document in sans-serif?
How do I typeset an entire document in sans-serif, e.g. Helvetica, without littering the document with font changes for every heading/paragraph, etc.? Like in How to set the font for a \section title (...
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Should I Use Sans Serif Fonts for Section Headers and Monospace Fonts for URLs
The font I use is Latin Modern.
I want to know if I should use sans serif family for the section headers.
Some people suggest to use sans serif for section headers but to me it looks a bit weird and ...
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Sans Serif and Roman Sigma with Source Sans Pro and Charter
Consider the following MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%------------------------------
% FONTS
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How to make the lowercase font in Math Sans font in pdfTeX, LaTeX
I want to make this font with LaTeX:
For example, to show you: that is 𝞋, 𝞭
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micro-mu in Kurier font shows up as tcedilla
I changed the font of my document to Kurier. Works fine, including the math-option.
Only problem seems to be the upright mu. \micro seems to be mapped to the wrong character?
I included a MWE below:
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Use mathsf for entire block/environment
Basically, I want to definite a flalign environment where all the math uses mathsf by default.
I can't just wrap the whole thing in a mathsf command because there might be line breaks and & ...
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Parentheses don't display wth libertine/newtxmath and sansmath
I'm trying to make an environment that uses sans-serif math by default inside the environment, but not outside of it. To do this I'm using the sansmath package.
The problem is that, when used with \...
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KOMA-Script "pageheadfoot" font not taking \sffamily
I've been typing a document for a few months now and I'm using the class scrreprt. I've just noticed that the header font, which used to be sans serif, has reverted back to serif because the koma font ...
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How to use sans serif font in math mode?
It is rather common to typeset theories (that is a set of statements) such as ZFC in a sans serif font family.
I tried the following:
\font\ss=ecss1000
\def\ZFC{\ss ZFC}
\ZFC
$\ZFC\models\exists X\...
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How to redefine \max? [duplicate]
I want to redefine \max.
The original definition gives:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\begin{document}
\[\max_{i\in I} a_i\]
\end{document}
My new definition is
\documentclass{article}...
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\bfseries is to \textbf as WHAT is to \textsf
Neither of \sfseries nor \sfshape seem to work. So what is the command I'm looking for to change the current group to sans serif? \bfseries, \scshape and \itshape work, but I can't find the sans serif ...
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(Sans serif) math font that goes well with Montserrat Light as regular text font
I want to use Montserrat Light as the main font for my document and its semibold version to render LaTeX bold. According to https://tug.org/FontCatalogue/montserratlight/ and http://mirrors.ctan.org/...
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How do I get italic sans-serif in math mode?
I have a paper in which I originally used mathit, bold mathit, mathcal and bold mathcal to distinguish various types of entities. Reviewing the paper on-screen it appears that \mathit{C} and \mathcal{...
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How to set font to Serif in Beamer title only
I want to use a serif font for the title in the title slide only. I have tried:
\documentclass[12pt]{beamer}
\usefonttheme[stillsansserifsmall, stillsansseriftext]{serif}
\title{\sc Great title}
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How do I change the sans serif font in my document?
I am writing a document in Latex using the class scrbook and I have changed the main font to Palladio. The problem is that now I don't like the default sans serif font, and I would like to change it. ...
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How to have some math variables and subscripts/indices in serif and the rest of variables in sans serif?
I am writing a paper in which 99% of the variables involved are in frequency domain (not related to the question) and the rest of them are in time domain. I used the regular serif font for the ...
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How do I make the section text in capital letters?
How to format the section with capital letters and leave the TOC text in normal format.
I want to use this command:
\section{Section Text}
with the result similar to this:
\section[Section Text]{\...
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State of sans serif maths fonts
I'm looking for a comprehensive sample of specimens from current, known to be up and running, sans serif fonts for (displaystyle) maths.
In particular, I would like to know how one can know whether a ...
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Examples of sans-serif fonts for commercial use and with mathematical support
I'm a designer and I'm designing a visual identity for a client, but he requested that the fonts have a wide math support. He uses LaTeX, and I would like to know some free fonts for commercial use ...
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Unitalicized capital Greek with sansmath
In my PhD thesis, the main text is in Times, and all of my figures (and their captions) are set in Helvetica. I've created the following MWE that shows how I can can toggle between Times and Helvetica ...
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