>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: latex beamer and \mathrm >>From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 15:09:16 +0200 >>X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 40EE98FC.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! >> >>>>>>> "Angus" == Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>Angus> I've noticed one small peculiarity with the latex beamer class. >>Angus> (For those that don't know it, it's a *fantastic* class with >>Angus> which to create pdf presentations. See >>Angus> http://latex-beamer.sf.net) >> >>Angus> It uses a nice, sans serif font by default, but I find that >>Angus> \mathrm{foo} results in foo being typeset with a serifed font. >>Angus> Ditto with \textrm. See attached test case. >> >>What's the problem? The default font is sans-serif, which is different >>from roman. You get what you ask for. You should not assume that roman >>is always the default font. The same applies to foilTeX, BTW.
Those who are accustomed to serified math fonts and want to keep the good-looking sans-serif text font may use the [mathserif] class option. Till Tantau made a real good work about customization and compatibility. The command names are lengthy, but self-explanatory. This is really a great package. -- Jean-Pierre
