[texhax] Puzzling (La)TeX output

[Lars Madsen]

Reinhard Kotucha :

>>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Madsen <daleif at imf.au.dk> writes:
>
>  > Martin Schröder :
>  >> On 2006-05-08 13:10:58 +0200, Martin Schröder wrote:
>  >>> If you had used \textrm, this problem would've appeared.
>  >>  Grmpf. s/would've/would not have/
>  >>
>  >> Actually usrguide has a section on migrating 2.09 documents.
>  >>
>  >>
>
>  > well not really, both is wrong.
>
>  > simply using {\textrm dx} will make the 'd' in upright text font
>  > which is not right either.
>
> It is at least proper German typography.
>
> In Germany we write:
>
>   \int f(x)\,\mathrm{d}x
>
> Unlike d, x is a variable and should be typeset in italics.
>

oops, you're of course totally right, it should only the 'd' that goes 
into upright.

But then again, most mathematicians leave it as just 'dx' because it looks 
odd.


/daleif

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