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I am using Computer Modern font (default) with \oldstylenums command to typeset numbers in oldstyle format. However I am having trouble using it with non-numeric characters such as decimal points and hyphens.
For e.g. decimal points appear as triangles:
Master of Science, Computer Science, \oldstylenums{3.76/4.0}
appears as:
Also, I have trouble with hyphens, etc.
Please suggest remedies.
\usepackage{textcomp}
redefines \oldstylenumsto use the 8-bit encoding TS1 instead of the 7-bit math encoding OML.
The following example parses the string to replace the digits by the old style variants.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{ltxcmds}
\makeatletter
\newcommand*{\oldstyle}[1]{%
\begingroup
\toks@={}%
\@oldstyle#1\scrollmode
}
\newcommand*{\@oldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace\scrollmode{%
\expandafter\endgroup\the\expandafter\toks@\@gobble
}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace\@sptoken{%
\expandafter
\@oldstyleadd\expandafter\space\expandafter\@empty
\romannumeral-`\x
}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace0{\@oldstyleadd\textzerooldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace1{\@oldstyleadd\textoneoldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace2{\@oldstyleadd\texttwooldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace3{\@oldstyleadd\textthreeoldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace4{\@oldstyleadd\textfouroldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace5{\@oldstyleadd\textfiveoldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace6{\@oldstyleadd\textsixoldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace7{\@oldstyleadd\textsevenoldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace8{\@oldstyleadd\texteightoldstyle}{%
\ltx@ifnextchar@nospace9{\@oldstyleadd\textnineoldstyle}{%
\@@oldstyle
}}}}}}}}}}}}%
}
\newcommand*{\@oldstyleadd}[2]{%
\toks@\expandafter{\the\toks@#1}%
\@oldstyle
}
\newcommand*{\@@oldstyle}[1]{%
\@oldstyleadd{#1}{}%
}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
Master of Science, Computer Science, \oldstyle{0-1--2---3; 7, 3.76/4.0}
\end{document}
= symbol.
Oct 7, 2012 at 2:30
= is converted to a long hyphen in this way.
\sout in my answer. It works also with textcomp.
If you want old style figures throughout your document, you have a couple of choices assuming you still want to use the Computer Modern fonts or variations thereof.
eco\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{eco}
cfr-lm\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[oldstyle=true]{cfr-lm}
The second package uses the Latin Modern fonts, which are very similar to Computer Modern; the first one uses a set of virtual fonts based on European Modern, again a variation of Computer Modern. I'd favor the latter.
I suppose that the best practice would be to leave out characters other than digits.
However, I could be a little messy, but you can obtain decimal points (mid point or down point), hyphens and fractions inside \oldstylenums in this way:
\usepackage{ulem} % needed for \sout{}
...
\oldstylenums{3·76=4·0 \sout{~} 3:76=4:0}
Another less tangled solution could be to define a newcommand for use \oldstylenums of another font that allow the use of normal characters inside the command:
\newcommand{\oldnum}[1]{{\fontfamily{artemisia}\scshape #1}}
\oldnum{3·76/4·0 - 3.76/4.0}
Note that in this case in there are text inside \oldnum, it appear as small caps instead of italics.
lmodern).