[texhax] texhax Digest, Vol 2009, Issue 395

[hh]

It seems wrong anyway. It should be more logical to use
 
$\mathit{HW} = \mathit{WH}$

or

$.. \mathit{coefficient}.. $

I tried it. For me it looks well.
hh


> 
> but then you'd have to watch out for ligatures:
> 
>     $coefficient$

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> Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:30:00 +0300
> From: Oleg Katsitadze <olegkat at gmail.com>
> To: Michael Barr <barr at math.mcgill.ca>
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 01:13:32PM -0400, Michael Barr wrote:
> > Try this:
> > $HW=WH$
> >
> > Don't TeX's kerning tables usually do a better job than this.
> 
> Well, that's the kerning for the math italic font.  You might be
> tempted to use text italic font:
> 
>     ${\it HW} = {\it WH}$
> 
> but then you'd have to watch out for ligatures:
> 
>     $coefficient$
> 
>     $\it coefficient$
> 
> If this is a product of c, o, e, ..., n, t, then the ligatures are
> inappropriate; but if it is a multi-letter identifier/variable name,
> then \it is the way to go.
> 
> Best,
> Oleg
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