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From: Matt on 16 Dec 2009 13:15 How do I make script characters in (for lack of a better term) a curly script font? I have in mind a 'P' character in a certain curly script font that is used sometimes to denote a partition of an interval in the definition of definite integral. The character has some flourishes in the form of fancy curls. I found $\mathcal{P}\,$, which I think is sometimes used for power set, but I want a certain more delicate curly font. I have seen the font used in Ellis & Gulick 3rd Ed. Calculus for denoting partitions of an interval for instance. I am using \usepackage{amsfonts}, and maybe the font is in there somewhere, but I don't know how to refer to it.
From: Gregory Puleo on 16 Dec 2009 13:37 On Dec 16, 12:15 pm, Matt <m...(a)themattfella.xxxyyz.com> wrote: > How do I make script characters in (for lack of a better term) a curly > script font? > > I have in mind a 'P' character in a certain curly script font that is > used sometimes to denote a partition of an interval in the definition of > definite integral. The character has some flourishes in the form of > fancy curls. > > I found $\mathcal{P}\,$, which I think is sometimes used for power set, > but I want a certain more delicate curly font. > > I have seen the font used in Ellis & Gulick 3rd Ed. Calculus for > denoting partitions of an interval for instance. > > I am using \usepackage{amsfonts}, and maybe the font is in there > somewhere, but I don't know how to refer to it. http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=scriptfonts In particular, use the package "mathrsfs", which enables the \mathscr command.
From: Matt on 16 Dec 2009 16:16 Gregory Puleo wrote: > On Dec 16, 12:15 pm, Matt <m...(a)themattfella.xxxyyz.com> wrote: >> How do I make script characters in (for lack of a better term) a curly >> script font? >> >> I have in mind a 'P' character in a certain curly script font that is >> used sometimes to denote a partition of an interval in the definition of >> definite integral. The character has some flourishes in the form of >> fancy curls. >> >> I found $\mathcal{P}\,$, which I think is sometimes used for power set, >> but I want a certain more delicate curly font. >> >> I have seen the font used in Ellis & Gulick 3rd Ed. Calculus for >> denoting partitions of an interval for instance. >> >> I am using \usepackage{amsfonts}, and maybe the font is in there >> somewhere, but I don't know how to refer to it. > > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=scriptfonts > > In particular, use the package "mathrsfs", which enables the \mathscr > command. Thank you. That is exactly the font I wanted. However I had to install it specially on my Ubuntu Linux system. Now I wonder whether that font is standard and popular. Would its use be likely to cause similar hangups for a lot of latex users? Thanks again.
From: Matt on 16 Dec 2009 16:17 Gregory Puleo wrote: > On Dec 16, 12:15 pm, Matt <m...(a)themattfella.xxxyyz.com> wrote: >> How do I make script characters in (for lack of a better term) a curly >> script font? >> >> I have in mind a 'P' character in a certain curly script font that is >> used sometimes to denote a partition of an interval in the definition of >> definite integral. The character has some flourishes in the form of >> fancy curls. >> >> I found $\mathcal{P}\,$, which I think is sometimes used for power set, >> but I want a certain more delicate curly font. >> >> I have seen the font used in Ellis & Gulick 3rd Ed. Calculus for >> denoting partitions of an interval for instance. >> >> I am using \usepackage{amsfonts}, and maybe the font is in there >> somewhere, but I don't know how to refer to it. > > http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=scriptfonts > > In particular, use the package "mathrsfs", which enables the \mathscr > command. Thanks. This package was not present in the standard Ubuntu installation, so I had to install texlive-latex-recommended per the instructions at: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=7445038
From: Matt on 16 Dec 2009 16:36
Matt wrote: > How do I make script characters in (for lack of a better term) a curly > script font? > > I have in mind a 'P' character in a certain curly script font that is > used sometimes to denote a partition of an interval in the definition of > definite integral. The character has some flourishes in the form of > fancy curls. > > I found $\mathcal{P}\,$, which I think is sometimes used for power set, > but I want a certain more delicate curly font. > > I have seen the font used in Ellis & Gulick 3rd Ed. Calculus for > denoting partitions of an interval for instance. > > I am using \usepackage{amsfonts}, and maybe the font is in there > somewhere, but I don't know how to refer to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mathscr-vs-mathcal.png > Comparison of LaTeX math fonts (top is \mathscr, bottom is \mathcal) |