I'm trying to achive a more angled $v$ that is more distinct from $u$. The default math mode v looks like this in the default font:
What I'm trying to achive is something like this (from txfonts
):
(Edit: the picture is a bit misleading - I posted it to demonstrate the angledness. I'm not trying to get the Greek letter "nu", but rather the classic Latin letter "v" which is straight-lined and mostly symmetric.)
I remember I used to be able to get the alternative v by using \varv
(analogously to \varphi), but I guess this was just a command defined in the template I used when I didn't know much LaTeX. I can't find a package that defines \varv
. Ironically (and confusingly), the angled v is default in txfonts
, and to get the rounded one, there is a package option called varv
.
I'm using the default fonts right now (Computer Modern / lmodern
), but I might switch to Minion or Palatino plus matching math (mathpazo
for Palatino, forgot what the math font for Minion was called), so an ideal solution would be somewhat font independent.
$\nu$
(if you are not planning on using nu). It can be font-dependent, however.newtxmath
package provides av
in math mode that looks more like a\nu
than au
. (It also provides avarg
option that changes the appearance of thev
back.) It uses—as the name suggests—a Times-like font for math-mode. There is alsonewtxtext
.