Question

Math formatting "Pro tips" edition: Fonts for math text! - "?"

Answer 1

Examples of fonts that you can use for math text.

Explanation:

It didn't occur to me to write this answer when I first found out about these because I don't use different fonts in my answers, but I think that some of you would make good use of them in your answers.

The basic font that we have for math text looks like this

• without hashtags

"Sample text"

• with hashtags

`"Sample text"`

Now, you have `5` different fonts to choose from for math text. You can get these fonts by using one of the following font commands: bb(), bbb(), sf(), fr(), and tt().

You can thus have

• without hashtags

bb("Sample text using bb()")

• with hashtags

`bb("Sample text using bb()")`

• without hashtags

bbb("Sample text using bbb()")

• with hashtags

`bbb("Sample text using bbb()")`

• without hashtags

sf("Sample text using sf()")

• with hashtags

`sf("Sample text using sf()")`

• without hashtags

fr("Sample text using fr()")

• with hashtags

`fr("Sample text using fr()")`

• without hashtags

tt("Sample text using tt()")

• with hashtags

`tt("Sample text using tt()")`

You can use different fonts for math expressions and equations. For example, you can have

• without hashtags

bb( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )

• with hashtags

`bb( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )`

• without hashtags

bbb( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )

• with hashtags

`bbb( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )`

• without hashtags

sf( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )

• with hashtags

`sf( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )`

• without hashtags

fr( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )

• with hashtags

`fr( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )`

• without hashtags

tt( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )

• with hashtags

`tt( (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4ac))/(2a) )`

You can also combine different fonts with color to get things like

• without hashtags

bb(color(red)("Sample text using bb() and color(red)()")

• with hashtags

`bb(color(red)("Sample text using bb() and color(red)()")`

• without hashtags

tt(color(blue)("Sample text using tt() and color(blue)()")

• with hashtags

`tt(color(blue)("Sample text using tt() and color(blue)()")`

And so on and so forth.

You can even use different combinations of fonts if you want. For example, you can have things like

• without hashtags

overbrace( bb("something over here") )^(sf(color(green)("something un top"))) = underbrace( bb("something over there") )_ (sf(color(darkorange)("something on the bottom")))

• with hashtags

`overbrace(bb("something over here"))^(sf(color(green)("something on top"))) = underbrace(bb("something over there"))_ (sf(color(darkorange)("something on the bottom")))`