5.35.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

5.35.2.1 What are all the font styles I can use in math mode?

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As can be seen in above picture, there are lots of fonts or font styles that can be used in math mode. 
What are all the fonts or font styles I can use in math mode, and which packages are required  ... 
[fonts] [math-mode] [big-list] [latin-modern] [computer-modern]
 

asked by doncherry https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=4012 408 votes

answered by Christian https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=13450 531 votes

5.35.2.2 Big Parenthesis in an Equation

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I have an equation contained inside \[...\], which automatically makes a \sum with sub- and superscripts turn big--so that the summation sign looks awkward inside parenthesis.  Any idea how to make  ... 
[math-mode] [delimiters]
 

asked by jamaicanworm https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9757 163 votes

answered by qubyte https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=9043 241 votes

5.35.2.3 How do I change the `enumerate` list format to use letters instead of the default Arabic numerals?

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I've seen documentation whereby an \alph command is put around the \begin{enumerate} somewhere, but I'm not entirely sure how that operates... 
[numbering] [lists] [enumerate]
 

asked by Billy ONeal https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=192 295 votes

answered by frabjous https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=411 244 votes

5.35.2.4 Is there a way to slightly shrink a table, including font size, to fit within the column boundaries?

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I have a table that is just a little too wide for a 3.33" column. Is there a way to simply shrink the table a little to make it fit? I'm OK if the 10pt font becomes 9pt-something. Here is an example. 
... 
[tables] [scaling]
                                                                                  

                                                                                  
 

asked by Nathan Farrington https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=3504 119 votes

answered by Martin Scharrer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2975 176 votes

5.35.2.5 Real number symbol (UTF-8: a^\204\235) in XeTeX

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How can I get the 'real number' sign (something like \mathbb{R} with the amssymb package in LaTeX) in XeTeX? 
[math-mode] [xetex] [symbols] [amsmath] [plain-tex]
 

asked by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 111 votes

answered by lvaneesbeeck https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=24686 8 votes

5.35.2.6 How to write partial differential equation (Ex. dQ/dt=ds/dt) with real partial derivative signs?

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I would like to make a partial differential equation by using the following notation: 
dQ/dt 
(without / but with a real numerator and denomenator). Earlier today I got help from this page on how to  ... 
[equations]
 

asked by David https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=71265 75 votes

answered by Benjamin McKay https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=19327 6 votes

5.35.2.7 What is the degree symbol?

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In order to have the following output involving the degree symbol 
I can try 
\documentclass{report} 
\begin{document} 
The angle is 30$^\circ$. 
\end{document} 
However, this is an awkward manner to  ... 
[typography] [degrees]
 

asked by Viesturs https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=114719 67 votes

answered by Ulrike Fischer https://tex.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=2388 61 votes