[pstricks] Re: Simple question
Herbert Voss
LaTeX at zedat.fu-berlin.de
Thu Jun 30 08:37:16 CEST 2005
Bruce Burlton wrote:
> What is the convention for writing units? Slanted of normal?
>
> I know how to write them either way within Math mode. To me the normal
> or straight up convention looks better, and conforms to what I believe
> is the standard, namely that constants are not typeset in a slanted font.
>
> I have looked i the few LaTeX books that I have, but have not seen an
> answer.
http://physics.nist.gov/Document/typefaces.pdf
In Germany we use it in the following way:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{upgreek}
\begin{document}
\Huge
\[ 320\,\mathrm{mJ\,m\,K} \]
\[ 320\,\mathrm{mJ\cdot m \cdot K} \]
\[ \frac{3\,\textrm{eV}}{5\,\textrm{km}}\cdot 3\,\upmu\textrm{m} \]
\end{document}
Herbert
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