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MathType User Manual
6.
Choose the OK button. Your equation will be redisplayed using the new
Function style definition. Your equation should now look like this:
The function abbreviation, exp, is displayed using the new font. Of course, you
probably wouldn’t want your equation to look like this — we’re simply
demonstrating the effect of changing the Function style definition.
The Variable style definition is used for all ordinary alphabetic characters except
for the ones in function abbreviations. In the current equation, this includes u, x,
and y. Very often, according to convention, the only difference you want
between the Variable and Function styles is for the Variable style to be defined as
italic. Let’s redefine the Variable style so that it’s consistent with the new
Function style definition.
Choosing Fonts
A fast way to select a
font is to click in the list
and then type the first
letter of the name. You
can also use the scroll
bar in the list to move
around quickly.
7. Again, choose Define from the Style menu. In the Define Styles dialog box,
press on the arrow next to font name in the Variable row, and choose the same
font assigned to the Function style. Check that the italic character style is checked
for Variable, but not for Function.
Let’s also change the Number style so that it uses the same font as Function and
Variable. You will find that this makes the equation look better. Finally, turn off
the italic character style for the L.C. Greek style by removing the check in the
Character Style column. Lowercase Greek letters are usually italicized, but let’s
experiment with this. Note that for the two Greek styles and the Symbol style
you can only assign fonts with the same encoding (arrangement of characters) as
the Symbol font. This typically restricts your choice to the Symbol font, the
Euclid Symbol font, or some other similar font.
8. Choose the OK button. Your equation will be redisplayed using the new
style definitions. If you are using the fonts we’ve recommended, the equation
should now look like this:
The “variables” u, x, and y, and the numbers in the fraction
1
2
now use the new
font definitions, and the lower-case Greek letters
φ and σ are no longer italicized.
You may want to use style definitions such as these for equations in a document
in which the text is written in Arial or Tahoma. When printed, the equation will
look like this:
{
}
=φ⋅ σ +
1
2
exp ( )uxy
To reset the style definitions, open the Define Styles dialog and click “Factory
settings”.
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