Fix ugly kerning in equation subscript
I'm beautifying some HW solutions for the upcoming semester, and came across a kerning issue
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[C_in C_out C_eff]
enddocument
The output:

The "in" and "out" subscripts look fine, but "eff" seems very spread out. Is there a quick fix?
equations kerning
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I'm beautifying some HW solutions for the upcoming semester, and came across a kerning issue
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[C_in C_out C_eff]
enddocument
The output:

The "in" and "out" subscripts look fine, but "eff" seems very spread out. Is there a quick fix?
equations kerning
10
That’s because theeffis interpreted ase times f times f, and the same goes forinandout. So you should either use themathitby @Sebastiano in the answer, ormathrm, ortext, etc.
– Ruixi Zhang
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
2
@RuixiZhang My thoughts exactly.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:45
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I'm beautifying some HW solutions for the upcoming semester, and came across a kerning issue
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[C_in C_out C_eff]
enddocument
The output:

The "in" and "out" subscripts look fine, but "eff" seems very spread out. Is there a quick fix?
equations kerning
I'm beautifying some HW solutions for the upcoming semester, and came across a kerning issue
documentclassarticle
usepackageamsmath
begindocument
[C_in C_out C_eff]
enddocument
The output:

The "in" and "out" subscripts look fine, but "eff" seems very spread out. Is there a quick fix?
equations kerning
equations kerning
asked Aug 27 '18 at 20:38
Scott SeidmanScott Seidman
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That’s because theeffis interpreted ase times f times f, and the same goes forinandout. So you should either use themathitby @Sebastiano in the answer, ormathrm, ortext, etc.
– Ruixi Zhang
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
2
@RuixiZhang My thoughts exactly.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:45
add a comment |
10
That’s because theeffis interpreted ase times f times f, and the same goes forinandout. So you should either use themathitby @Sebastiano in the answer, ormathrm, ortext, etc.
– Ruixi Zhang
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
2
@RuixiZhang My thoughts exactly.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:45
10
10
That’s because the
eff is interpreted as e times f times f, and the same goes for in and out. So you should either use the mathit by @Sebastiano in the answer, or mathrm, or text, etc.– Ruixi Zhang
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
That’s because the
eff is interpreted as e times f times f, and the same goes for in and out. So you should either use the mathit by @Sebastiano in the answer, or mathrm, or text, etc.– Ruixi Zhang
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
2
2
@RuixiZhang My thoughts exactly.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:45
@RuixiZhang My thoughts exactly.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:45
add a comment |
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In math-mode you should to use mathit... (slanted} or mathbf... (bold) or normal mathrm... for any type of the text into math formula.

documentclassarticle
begindocument
[C_mathitin C_mathitout C_mathiteff]
[C_mathrmin C_mathrmout C_mathrmeff]
[C_mathbfin C_mathbfout C_mathbfeff]
enddocument
5
+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
2
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
4
Alternatively, you can usetextfrom theamsmathpackage. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
1
Another alternative,operatorname, is good if you ever need to setin,outoreffnext to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.
– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
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In math-mode you should to use mathit... (slanted} or mathbf... (bold) or normal mathrm... for any type of the text into math formula.

documentclassarticle
begindocument
[C_mathitin C_mathitout C_mathiteff]
[C_mathrmin C_mathrmout C_mathrmeff]
[C_mathbfin C_mathbfout C_mathbfeff]
enddocument
5
+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
2
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
4
Alternatively, you can usetextfrom theamsmathpackage. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
1
Another alternative,operatorname, is good if you ever need to setin,outoreffnext to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.
– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
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In math-mode you should to use mathit... (slanted} or mathbf... (bold) or normal mathrm... for any type of the text into math formula.

documentclassarticle
begindocument
[C_mathitin C_mathitout C_mathiteff]
[C_mathrmin C_mathrmout C_mathrmeff]
[C_mathbfin C_mathbfout C_mathbfeff]
enddocument
5
+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
2
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
4
Alternatively, you can usetextfrom theamsmathpackage. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
1
Another alternative,operatorname, is good if you ever need to setin,outoreffnext to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.
– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
add a comment |
In math-mode you should to use mathit... (slanted} or mathbf... (bold) or normal mathrm... for any type of the text into math formula.

documentclassarticle
begindocument
[C_mathitin C_mathitout C_mathiteff]
[C_mathrmin C_mathrmout C_mathrmeff]
[C_mathbfin C_mathbfout C_mathbfeff]
enddocument
In math-mode you should to use mathit... (slanted} or mathbf... (bold) or normal mathrm... for any type of the text into math formula.

documentclassarticle
begindocument
[C_mathitin C_mathitout C_mathiteff]
[C_mathrmin C_mathrmout C_mathrmeff]
[C_mathbfin C_mathbfout C_mathbfeff]
enddocument
edited Aug 27 '18 at 21:22
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answered Aug 27 '18 at 20:40
SebastianoSebastiano
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+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
2
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
4
Alternatively, you can usetextfrom theamsmathpackage. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
1
Another alternative,operatorname, is good if you ever need to setin,outoreffnext to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.
– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
add a comment |
5
+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
2
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
4
Alternatively, you can usetextfrom theamsmathpackage. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
1
Another alternative,operatorname, is good if you ever need to setin,outoreffnext to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.
– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
5
5
+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
+1 I would recommend mathrm since eff is rather a label (short for effective) and not a variable (e times f times f). At least this is the convention that I am aware of.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:43
2
2
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
@Dr.ManuelKuehner I have forgotten mathrm :-(. Now edit my answer. +1
– Sebastiano
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
4
4
Alternatively, you can use
text from the amsmath package. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
Alternatively, you can use
text from the amsmath package. But there are different opinions about this: tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70632– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:51
1
1
Another alternative,
operatorname, is good if you ever need to set in, out or eff next to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
Another alternative,
operatorname, is good if you ever need to set in, out or eff next to some other identifier. That formats and spaces it like the word log or sin.– Davislor
Aug 28 '18 at 5:02
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That’s because the
effis interpreted ase times f times f, and the same goes forinandout. So you should either use themathitby @Sebastiano in the answer, ormathrm, ortext, etc.– Ruixi Zhang
Aug 27 '18 at 20:44
2
@RuixiZhang My thoughts exactly.
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
Aug 27 '18 at 20:45