General ⇒ Subscript in the text displayed italic...

[kostoglotov]

Hi, me again...
When I use subscript in the text it always looks like italic...
example: T$_{m}$
is that normal?
Thanks
a.k.

[localghost]

Include the package fixltx2e and write text subscripts.

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T\textsubscript{m}

An alternative is to use the amsmath package and continue writing subscripts in in-line mathematical mode.

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T$_\text{m}$

Information about the packages and their documentations can be found on CTAN.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[kostoglotov]

Cheers

[FrankZA]

I simply added the following in my preamble.

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\newcommand*{\superscript}[1]{\ensuremath{^\textrm{{\scriptsize #1}}}}
\newcommand*{\subscript}[1]{\ensuremath{_\textrm{{\scriptsize #1}}}}
\newcommand*{\tinysuperscript}[1]{\ensuremath{^\textrm{{\tiny #1}}}}
\newcommand*{\tinysubscript}[1]{\ensuremath{_\textrm{{\tiny #1}}}}

I then just use the new commands for subscripts that are not mathematical. No need to use extra packages. The tiny versions let you make smaller sub/superscripts if you need them (such as when the text is small anyway e.g. large tables).

Of course, you could simply give the commands a new, shorter name if you wish to write less.