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[Solved] How to make variables with coefficients italic?
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:01 pm
by 22878
For some reason if a variable has a coefficient next to it the variable will not be italic like variables without coefficients. For instance, 2x, the x won't be italic. What is the easiest way to make these variables italic? I know I can put a space between the coefficient and variable and use nospace to make it how I want, but that's a lot of added code. I also know I can add an "italic" styling to a bracket that encompasses the entire equation and it will make these variables with coefficients italic, but it also makes all the numbers italic and I don't want that. Is there a way to add an italic styling to all text only and not numbers? I tried using the formatting fonts to make text italic, but that doesn't seem to do anything.
Re: How to make variables with coefficients italic?
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:27 pm
by FJCC
Wrapping the x in brackets seems to work. Compare the two parts of
That is some extra typing but perhaps it is not too much.
Re: How to make variables with coefficients italic?
Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:26 pm
by 22878
FJCC wrote:Wrapping the x in brackets seems to work. Compare the two parts of
That is some extra typing but perhaps it is not too much.
Hey, yes, that works to make the variable italic but then it adds a space between the coefficient and the variable. See image below. I can remove the space with nospace, but that's a lot of extra code. I can add a nospace to a bracket that covers the entire equation and it seems to remove all spaces between coefficients and variables, but not if they are in the numerator or denominator of a fraction. I still have to put brackets around those and add another nospace.
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Re: How to make variables with coefficients italic?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 12:05 pm
by Lupp
Spaces are delimiters in Math if not made literals explicitly with the help of quotes. Therefore you only need to enter a space in front of the x to make clear that 2x not is a single item. Doing so you will also get a little distance between the 2 and the x - due to Math trying to obey conventions. The distance will be smaller, however, than it would be following the suggestion with the pair of curly brackets.
Try
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int {{2 x^2} over {x^{1/3}} + {3 x} over {x ^{1/2}} -1 over {x^{1/3}} dx}
It does as I would expect and like it.
If you like it otherwise, you may reduce the 'Spacing' using the Format menu of Math. I don't know in what way this would afflict different situations. Therefore I would dissuade from "stubborn" settings.
(And, please: Next time also post the MathML code if you again attach a formula as an image. No contributor is fond of wasting time with a reconstruction.)
Re: How to make variables with coefficients italic?
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 11:49 pm
by 22878
Lupp wrote:Spaces are delimiters in Math if not made literals explicitly with the help of quotes. Therefore you only need to enter a space in front of the x to make clear that 2x not is a single item. Doing so you will also get a little distance between the 2 and the x - due to Math trying to obey conventions. The distance will be smaller, however, than it would be following the suggestion with the pair of curly brackets.
Try
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int {{2 x^2} over {x^{1/3}} + {3 x} over {x ^{1/2}} -1 over {x^{1/3}} dx}
It does as I would expect and like it.
If you like it otherwise, you may reduce the 'Spacing' using the Format menu of Math. I don't know in what way this would afflict different situations. Therefore I would dissuade from "stubborn" settings.
(And, please: Next time also post the MathML code if you again attach a formula as an image. No contributor is fond of wasting time with a reconstruction.)
This is the code I'm using to make it look how I want.
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size 28 nospace { {} = int left( { nospace{2 x^2} over {x^{1/3}} } + { nospace{3 x} over {x^{1/3}} } - { 1 over {x^{1/3}} }right)dx }
Re: How to make variables with coefficients italic?
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2020 12:10 am
by Lupp
Well, if you are happy with it, it's ok, of course.
The usage of nospace is not a good solution, however, imo, and the internal setting of a size is similar.
Formulas not keeping standards and using a lot of direct internal formatting cannot easily be harmonized if once needed - when formulas created in different documents get consolidated in a common document e.g. The 'Format' settings should do the formatting, basically (like styles do in text documents or in spreadsheets), and they should be created in a way that the rest is "pure content" as much as possible. Detailed "pretty styling" isn't well merged with automated parts of typesetting.