General ⇒ Plain Text in Math Mode

[mach7]

Hey there. I'm trying to write out a stoichiometry formula, something like 1 level * 20V/65536 levels * 1000mV / V. I think I have to be in math mode to get the fractions, but I want the text to be plain (no italics and the same font as the rest of the paper) and to have spaces. I saw one solution using \textrm{}, but that seems like a hack. Is there just a way to "escape out" of math mode temporarily to write plain text?

Thanks,
-mach7

[curiouslearn]

It seems command \text{your text here} should be sufficient. You may not need \textrm. I am not sure what you mean by a hack, but that is the method suggested in the "The Latex Companion" by Mittelbach et. al.

[Danielc]

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\text{}

is what you want...

spaces...in math mode spaces are automatic, so the text will be pushed right up against your equations...so you need to include spaces

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 $2 \times \text{dumb\,example\,}=4$  

there are a handful of math mode space options, you can look them up online..
good luck

dpc

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi mach7,

welcome to the LaTeX Community board!
\text{} is the right way like both members above said. I just want to add that \text needs the amsmath package (or at least amstext).
Without amsmath text inside math would be possible using \mbox{...}, but \text is the better choice, it respects current font size.

Stefan