Fonts & Character Sets ⇒ upright \mu in latex

[rajini]

Hello everyone,
In latex how to write a upright \mu.
I tried using \muup and \upmu but i am not getting..I tried even by enclosing them in { }..but no use..
It is not working even in $ $ mode.
I use the following packages:

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\usepackage[ngerman,english]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{lmodern} % math, rm, ss, tt
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}.

What wrong am i doing?
thanks

[localghost]

Please clarify in which context you want to typeset this character, whether as a variable or as a unit prefix. And please always provide complete examples [1]. Code snippets are useless.

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Thorsten

[rajini]

Opps,
sorry, it is obviously for unit
e.g., in micrometer. I want to substitute micro with upright \mu and there should not any space between the symbol and the letter 'm'.
i saw two upright symbol for \mu..(txfonts and upgreek) but don't know which to use?
thanks

[localghost]

Take a look at the siunitx package. But you always can use \textmu from the textcomp package. Further solutions might be found in »The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List«.

[rajini]

If you dont mind would please write the code:
i used

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{\textmu}

..but it is not nice..i feel it looks like computer-like font..like the in in calculators..
I already have the portable document format of the comprehensive symbols..there i saw two commands:

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\muup

and

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\upmu

. Both of them are not working..
I even tried enclosing in side

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{ }

and also tried enclosing in

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$ $

..
please tell me how can i do..what package i should use..
You experts knows better...
thanks

[gmedina]

Hi,

\upmu requires the upgreek package. An example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{upgreek}

\begin{document}

A slanted mu: $\mu$

An upright mu: $\upmu$. Requires the \texttt{upgreek} package.

\end{document}

\muup requires the txfonts package:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{txfonts}

\begin{document}

A slanted mu: $\mu$

An upright mu: $\muup$. Requires the \texttt{txfonts} package.

\end{document}

[rajini]

Hi thanks..
I do not find much difference between the two symbols..both works in my case..
rajini

[spiegboy]

just want to make a comment that any symbol question can be easily solved by refer to the comprehensive symbol list as you suggested here. Maybe it would be a good idea to post an article to detail all necessary documents for different categories of questions.

Take a look at the siunitx package. But you always can use \textmu from the textcomp package. Further solutions might be found in »The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List«.