The font type LaTeX uses in math mode is somewhat special since it is optimized for writing mathematical formulas. Letters are printed in italics, with more space left in-between, spaces are ignored. In certain cases it may be desirable to include “normal text” within an equation. There is a simple way to add “normal text” … [Read more…]
Strict inequalities are widely used in math equations as well as within text for comparisons. They can be produced using the ordinary (inline) math-mode ($…$) without loading a specific package. In order to omit the math-mode within a text-paragraph, LaTeX knows text-mode commands for these symbols. Greater than (>): Less than (<): Non-strict inequalities ( … [Read more…]
I was often using any of the available “lorem ipsum” generators on the web while testing different things in LaTeX until I discovered that the Latex distribution provides packages generating blind text, which is definitely more convenient. With just a few lines of code, these packages will generate paragraphes, even whole documents with sections, paragraphs … [Read more…]
By default, Latex will print text within formulas in italics, omitting white spaces. Now if you need to add normal text into a formula or even write a formula using words, you can do this with the text-command inside the math-environment: Example: \text{velocity} = \frac{\text{distance}} {\text{unit of time}} Btw. The “text-command” will also take care of … [Read more…]
WordPress supports the basic LaTeX math mode. How does it work? Simply type $latex …$, where you replace … with the LaTeX math code. Here is an example formula, $latex f(x_1,x_2)=x_1^2+x_2^2$ which translates to: The original post on the official WordPress blog can be found here.