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I have began using the Minion Pro series of fonts and compiling with XeLaTeX. However, despite the typeface changing, I still have the same CM Modern Math fonts. Do any of you have a good suggestion for a good math font that works with Minion Pro?

I have used \usepackage{mathastext} and the italic varient \usepackage[italic]{mathastext} but the 'f' in math mode is very awkward and too close to the parethesis. The code that produces this effects is:

\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex}
\setmainfont{Minion Pro}
\usepackage[italic]{mathastext}

\begin{document}
This is the standard Minion Pro Font\ldots My issue is with the 'f' in italic math mode. It needs more space. For example:

\begin{equation}
f(x) = x^2 + f(n-1) 
\end{equation}

\end{document}

Is there a better option than \usepackage{mathastext}? or is there a way to adjust this minor issue? I have never been able to get \usepackage{MnSymbol} working (I keep getting a Command \mathdollar already defined error) and Minion Math is well... pricey.

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    – Martin Schröder
    Nov 17, 2013 at 22:02
  • the answers provide specific Minion packages which are presumably a better choice; but for the record let me mention that you can issue \MTsetmathskips {f}{0mu}{1mu} to have extra white space of 1mu automatically inserted in math mode after each f. (adjust this to the value of your taste)
    – user4686
    Mar 11, 2014 at 12:56
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    Pricey is an understatement.
    – JPi
    Jan 21, 2019 at 4:06
  • I too suggest "MnSymbol" is the best combination with MinionPro...
    – MadyYuvi
    Jan 21, 2019 at 4:48

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I suggest to use the MinionPro package. It works under XeLaTeX and pdfLaTeX. It is part of the Font Pro package available from https://github.com/sebschub/FontPro. Follow the instructions there to install it.

The following MWE

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{MinionPro}

\begin{document}
This is the standard Minion Pro Font\ldots My issue is with the 'f' in italic math mode. It needs more space. For example:

\begin{equation}
f(x) = x^2 + f(n-1) 
\end{equation}

\end{document}

yields

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Another solution is to use the MnSymbols package. To avoid the problem with the \mathdollar already defined error one can use the following workaround.

\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\defaultfontfeatures{Mapping=tex}
\setmainfont{Minion Pro}

\usepackage{MnSymbol}

% the next line makes the definition of \mathdollar from MnSymbol void.
\undef\mathdollar 

% the next 3 lines reinstate the definition of \mathdollar from MnSymbols 
% at the begin  of the document
\makeatletter
\AtBeginDocument{\DeclareRobustCommand{\mathdollar{\Mn@Text@With@MathVersion{\textdollar}}}
\makeatother
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    Under xetex, you can use fontspec and the command \setmainfont{Minion Pro} in order to use the opentype font for text, and load the MinionPro package with the ‘onlymath’ option.
    – Bernard
    Nov 17, 2013 at 22:01
  • I have looked at the MinionPro package before, I just wanted something that was more "independent" than a downloaded package and faster to work with. Preferably something that comes with CTAN. +1 for finding a great match however.
    – Mark
    Nov 17, 2013 at 22:03
  • The workaround for the \mathdollar command was perfect and I just got the MinionPro Package working - it is gorgeous. Is it necessary to redefine \mathdollar it if it is not going to be used?
    – Mark
    Nov 18, 2013 at 2:56
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    No, you can leave out the definition of \mathdollar. In such case it will resort to the original one (and you can notice the different font for $ with the two solutions).
    – Guido
    Nov 18, 2013 at 3:51
  • If I use \usepackage{MinionPro}or \usepackage{MnSymbol}together with the fontspec package und lualatex I only get Latin Modern Math font. Thus this solution is not working for me.
    – Matthias Pospiech
    Aug 15, 2022 at 20:54
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André Miede, the author of classicthesis - which uses Minion Pro, recommends the Euler Math font to use with the latter one:

"[...] loads the awesome Euler fonts for math." [emphesis mine]

(from the classicthesis documentation, page 6)

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According to the German Wikipedia article there is a Minion Math font by Typoma, specifically designed for Minion Pro.

Find more information on their homepage at http://www.typoma.com/de/schriften.html

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    The OP explicitly mentions Minion Math.
    – Guido
    Nov 18, 2013 at 5:31
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When using Overleaf, I could not use the MinionPro package or the Mnsymbol. For math font, I found mathpazo to look relatively similar to Minion Pro and an adequate replacement.

Minion Pro vs Mathpazzo

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Minion Pro vs Euler (as recommended by another answer)

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Matpazo symbols in Minion Pro text (the V, S and K in the text are in math mode, so in Mathpazo)

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To load them, use the following code. Order is important.

\usepackage{mathpazo}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{MinionPro-Regular.otf}[
  BoldFont       = MinionPro-Bold.otf,
  ItalicFont     = MinionPro-It.otf,
  BoldItalicFont = MinionPro-BoldIt.otf
]
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    Excuse me. It is mathpazo and not mathpazzo.
    – Sebastiano
    Mar 20, 2022 at 21:07
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Since version 1.3, mathastext has the command \MTsetmathskips, that you can correct the spacing for the letters which are weird, such as the f on MinionPro.

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