arev + textcomp: \textmu

Question

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\documentclass[border=2mm,varwidth]{standalone} 

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\usepackage{arev} 

\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

\usepackage{textcomp} % \textmu 
\usepackage{upgreek} % \upmu

\begin{document} 

\begin{itemize} 
\item \texttt{\textbackslash textmu:} \textmu 
\item \texttt{\$\textbackslash mu\$:}  $\mu$ 
\item \texttt{\$\textbackslash upmu\$:}  $\upmu$
\end{itemize} 

\end{document} 

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• I want to use the arev package (sans serif font).
• How do I get a sans serif \textmu (provided by the textcomp package)?
• Alternatively -- I just need an upright \mu when the main font is from the arev package.

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Solution

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\documentclass[border=2mm,varwidth]{standalone} 

% avec --> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/359530 
\usepackage{arev} 

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\DeclareFontFamily{U}{myFontFamily}{}
\DeclareFontShape{U}{myFontFamily}{m}{n}{
   <-> favr8r
}{}
\newcommand{\myupmu}{{\fontencoding{U}\fontfamily{myFontFamily}\selectfont\symbol{181}}}
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\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}

\usepackage{textcomp} % \textmu 
\usepackage{upgreek} % \upmu

\begin{document} 

\begin{itemize} 
\item \texttt{\textbackslash textmu:} \textmu m
\item Ulrike Fischer: {\fontencoding{U}\fontfamily{myFontFamily}\selectfont\symbol{181}}m
\item Ulrike Fischer Command: \myupmu m
\item \texttt{\$\textbackslash mu\$:}  $\mu m$ 
\item \texttt{\$\textbackslash upmu\$:}  $\upmu$
\end{itemize} 

\end{document} 

Answer 1

There is an upright mu in the font, but it seems not to have been encoded. You can access it like this:

\documentclass[border=2mm,varwidth]{standalone}
\usepackage{arev}
\DeclareFontFamily{U}{arev}{}

\DeclareFontShape{U}{arev}{m}{n}{
   <-> favr8r
}{}



\begin{document}
textmu: {\fontencoding{U}\fontfamily{arev}\selectfont\symbol{181}}

\end{document}