Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Hi all, I have two minor problems using LyX to prepare my thesis. I have tried a search but can't seem to come up with an answer - though this could be because I am not searching for the right thing! The first problem I have is that, plus and minus signs appear very 'thin' in the PDF output of Lyx - this doesn't affect DVI output. The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. However, if I change the default font to e.g. times, I get an error message when I attempt to make a PDF or DVI which I have copied below. Font LGR/ptm/m/n/10=grtm10 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun } I wasn't able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the font specification. [Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] You might try inserting a different font spec; e.g., type `I\fontsame font id=substitute font name'. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance - Ben -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plus-minus-signs-appear-%27thin%27-in-PDF-and-problems-with-greek-letters-tp17423084p17423084.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Boffinboy wrote: The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. Try loading either the txfonts, pxfonts or upgreek package. The first two introduce upright lower case letters using \alphaup, \betaup etc. The third uses \upalpha, \upbeta etc., and also provides upper case versions (e.g., \Upgamma) for those letters whose upper case variant isn't in the Roman character set. I'm not sure why that's necessary -- they're already upright -- but the upper case glyphs look a bit different from ordinary math-mode upper case Greek letters. Incidentally, all these have to be done in math mode ($...$). /Paul
Re: Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Thanks, after a bit of experimentation I loaded txfonts and that's done the trick! Also fixes the problem I had with the minus signs being too small and not being able to set the default font to times! Paul A. Rubin wrote: Boffinboy wrote: The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. Try loading either the txfonts, pxfonts or upgreek package. The first two introduce upright lower case letters using \alphaup, \betaup etc. The third uses \upalpha, \upbeta etc., and also provides upper case versions (e.g., \Upgamma) for those letters whose upper case variant isn't in the Roman character set. I'm not sure why that's necessary -- they're already upright -- but the upper case glyphs look a bit different from ordinary math-mode upper case Greek letters. Incidentally, all these have to be done in math mode ($...$). /Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plus-minus-signs-appear-%27thin%27-in-PDF-and-problems-with-greek-letters-tp17423084p17429903.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Hi all, I have two minor problems using LyX to prepare my thesis. I have tried a search but can't seem to come up with an answer - though this could be because I am not searching for the right thing! The first problem I have is that, plus and minus signs appear very 'thin' in the PDF output of Lyx - this doesn't affect DVI output. The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. However, if I change the default font to e.g. times, I get an error message when I attempt to make a PDF or DVI which I have copied below. Font LGR/ptm/m/n/10=grtm10 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun } I wasn't able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the font specification. [Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] You might try inserting a different font spec; e.g., type `I\fontsame font id=substitute font name'. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance - Ben -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plus-minus-signs-appear-%27thin%27-in-PDF-and-problems-with-greek-letters-tp17423084p17423084.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Boffinboy wrote: The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. Try loading either the txfonts, pxfonts or upgreek package. The first two introduce upright lower case letters using \alphaup, \betaup etc. The third uses \upalpha, \upbeta etc., and also provides upper case versions (e.g., \Upgamma) for those letters whose upper case variant isn't in the Roman character set. I'm not sure why that's necessary -- they're already upright -- but the upper case glyphs look a bit different from ordinary math-mode upper case Greek letters. Incidentally, all these have to be done in math mode ($...$). /Paul
Re: Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Thanks, after a bit of experimentation I loaded txfonts and that's done the trick! Also fixes the problem I had with the minus signs being too small and not being able to set the default font to times! Paul A. Rubin wrote: Boffinboy wrote: The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. Try loading either the txfonts, pxfonts or upgreek package. The first two introduce upright lower case letters using \alphaup, \betaup etc. The third uses \upalpha, \upbeta etc., and also provides upper case versions (e.g., \Upgamma) for those letters whose upper case variant isn't in the Roman character set. I'm not sure why that's necessary -- they're already upright -- but the upper case glyphs look a bit different from ordinary math-mode upper case Greek letters. Incidentally, all these have to be done in math mode ($...$). /Paul -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plus-minus-signs-appear-%27thin%27-in-PDF-and-problems-with-greek-letters-tp17423084p17429903.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Hi all, I have two minor problems using LyX to prepare my thesis. I have tried a search but can't seem to come up with an answer - though this could be because I am not searching for the right thing! The first problem I have is that, plus and minus signs appear very 'thin' in the PDF output of Lyx - this doesn't affect DVI output. The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. However, if I change the default font to e.g. times, I get an error message when I attempt to make a PDF or DVI which I have copied below. Font LGR/ptm/m/n/10=grtm10 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not foun } I wasn't able to read the size data for this font, so I will ignore the font specification. [Wizards can fix TFM files using TFtoPL/PLtoTF.] You might try inserting a different font spec; e.g., type `I\font='. Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance - Ben -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plus-minus-signs-appear-%27thin%27-in-PDF-and-problems-with-greek-letters-tp17423084p17423084.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Re: Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Boffinboy wrote: The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters for units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes from inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in to lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. Try loading either the txfonts, pxfonts or upgreek package. The first two introduce upright lower case letters using \alphaup, \betaup etc. The third uses \upalpha, \upbeta etc., and also provides upper case versions (e.g., \Upgamma) for those letters whose upper case variant isn't in the Roman character set. I'm not sure why that's necessary -- they're already upright -- but the upper case glyphs look a bit different from ordinary math-mode upper case Greek letters. Incidentally, all these have to be done in math mode ($...$). /Paul
Re: Plus/minus signs appear 'thin' in PDF and problems with greek letters
Thanks, after a bit of experimentation I loaded txfonts and that's done the trick! Also fixes the problem I had with the minus signs being too small and not being able to set the default font to times! Paul A. Rubin wrote: > > Boffinboy wrote: >> >> The second problem I have is that I am using quite a few greek letters >> for >> units e.g. mu for micro. I don't want the italisised style that comes >> from >> inputting them in maths mode so I have copied the characters from word in >> to >> lyx and then just copied and pasted any time I need them. > > Try loading either the txfonts, pxfonts or upgreek package. The first > two introduce upright lower case letters using \alphaup, \betaup etc. > The third uses \upalpha, \upbeta etc., and also provides upper case > versions (e.g., \Upgamma) for those letters whose upper case variant > isn't in the Roman character set. I'm not sure why that's necessary -- > they're already upright -- but the upper case glyphs look a bit > different from ordinary math-mode upper case Greek letters. > Incidentally, all these have to be done in math mode ($...$). > > /Paul > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Plus-minus-signs-appear-%27thin%27-in-PDF-and-problems-with-greek-letters-tp17423084p17429903.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
