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How to write capital alpha?



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Unfortunately, the command Alpha does not produce capital version of alpha (as one might expect in analogy with how, say, Pi produces capital pi). It so happens that the capital alpha looks rather similar to A, but that doesn't mean that there aren't situations where I would like to use capital alpha in a formula. For instance, suppose I already have pi which belongs to a set Pi, and then alpha comes along and I need a name for the set of its possible values.



What is the best way to write capital alpha?



The obvious first attempt is to just write A. But it's not right - A produces italic A, while Greek letters are by default not italic. Would mathrm{A} do the trick, or is there some subtle issue I'm not noticing? Is there a package that will save me the work of defining all capital letters by hand?






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    Yes, it is mathrm{A}.

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Unfortunately, the command Alpha does not produce capital version of alpha (as one might expect in analogy with how, say, Pi produces capital pi). It so happens that the capital alpha looks rather similar to A, but that doesn't mean that there aren't situations where I would like to use capital alpha in a formula. For instance, suppose I already have pi which belongs to a set Pi, and then alpha comes along and I need a name for the set of its possible values.



What is the best way to write capital alpha?



The obvious first attempt is to just write A. But it's not right - A produces italic A, while Greek letters are by default not italic. Would mathrm{A} do the trick, or is there some subtle issue I'm not noticing? Is there a package that will save me the work of defining all capital letters by hand?






fonts greek







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    Yes, it is mathrm{A}.

    – JouleV
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Unfortunately, the command Alpha does not produce capital version of alpha (as one might expect in analogy with how, say, Pi produces capital pi). It so happens that the capital alpha looks rather similar to A, but that doesn't mean that there aren't situations where I would like to use capital alpha in a formula. For instance, suppose I already have pi which belongs to a set Pi, and then alpha comes along and I need a name for the set of its possible values.



What is the best way to write capital alpha?



The obvious first attempt is to just write A. But it's not right - A produces italic A, while Greek letters are by default not italic. Would mathrm{A} do the trick, or is there some subtle issue I'm not noticing? Is there a package that will save me the work of defining all capital letters by hand?






fonts greek







share|improve this question
















Unfortunately, the command Alpha does not produce capital version of alpha (as one might expect in analogy with how, say, Pi produces capital pi). It so happens that the capital alpha looks rather similar to A, but that doesn't mean that there aren't situations where I would like to use capital alpha in a formula. For instance, suppose I already have pi which belongs to a set Pi, and then alpha comes along and I need a name for the set of its possible values.



What is the best way to write capital alpha?



The obvious first attempt is to just write A. But it's not right - A produces italic A, while Greek letters are by default not italic. Would mathrm{A} do the trick, or is there some subtle issue I'm not noticing? Is there a package that will save me the work of defining all capital letters by hand?






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    Yes, it is mathrm{A}.

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Screenshot from lshort.pdf (The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e):



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So it is simply mathrm{A}.



documentclass{standalone}

newcommandAlpha{mathrm{A}}

begin{document}

$Alpha+Pi=Gamma$

end{document}


enter image description here






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    If you're using LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, you can use the unicode-math package. It defines all uppercase Greek letters:



    documentclass{article}
    
usepackage{unicode-math}
    
begin{document}
    
$Alpha+Beta=Gamma$.
    
end{document}


    The result is:



    enter image description here



    This way has an advantage in that one can change the style of the letters by altering the unicode-math options. For example usepackage[math-style=ISO]{unicode-math} without any other changes yields:



    enter image description here



    Also, this way alpha can be copied&pasted from the resulting PDF.






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      Screenshot from lshort.pdf (The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e):



      enter image description here



      So it is simply mathrm{A}.



      documentclass{standalone}
      
newcommandAlpha{mathrm{A}}
      
begin{document}
      
$Alpha+Pi=Gamma$
      
end{document}


      enter image description here






      share|improve this answer




























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        Screenshot from lshort.pdf (The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e):



        enter image description here



        So it is simply mathrm{A}.



        documentclass{standalone}
        
newcommandAlpha{mathrm{A}}
        
begin{document}
        
$Alpha+Pi=Gamma$
        
end{document}


        enter image description here






        share|improve this answer


























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          Screenshot from lshort.pdf (The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e):



          enter image description here



          So it is simply mathrm{A}.



          documentclass{standalone}
          
newcommandAlpha{mathrm{A}}
          
begin{document}
          
$Alpha+Pi=Gamma$
          
end{document}


          enter image description here






          share|improve this answer













          Screenshot from lshort.pdf (The Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX2e):



          enter image description here



          So it is simply mathrm{A}.



          documentclass{standalone}
          
newcommandAlpha{mathrm{A}}
          
begin{document}
          
$Alpha+Pi=Gamma$
          
end{document}


          enter image description here







          share|improve this answer












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              If you're using LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, you can use the unicode-math package. It defines all uppercase Greek letters:



              documentclass{article}
              
usepackage{unicode-math}
              
begin{document}
              
$Alpha+Beta=Gamma$.
              
end{document}


              The result is:



              enter image description here



              This way has an advantage in that one can change the style of the letters by altering the unicode-math options. For example usepackage[math-style=ISO]{unicode-math} without any other changes yields:



              enter image description here



              Also, this way alpha can be copied&pasted from the resulting PDF.






              share|improve this answer




























                3














                If you're using LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, you can use the unicode-math package. It defines all uppercase Greek letters:



                documentclass{article}
                
usepackage{unicode-math}
                
begin{document}
                
$Alpha+Beta=Gamma$.
                
end{document}


                The result is:



                enter image description here



                This way has an advantage in that one can change the style of the letters by altering the unicode-math options. For example usepackage[math-style=ISO]{unicode-math} without any other changes yields:



                enter image description here



                Also, this way alpha can be copied&pasted from the resulting PDF.






                share|improve this answer


























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                  If you're using LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, you can use the unicode-math package. It defines all uppercase Greek letters:



                  documentclass{article}
                  
usepackage{unicode-math}
                  
begin{document}
                  
$Alpha+Beta=Gamma$.
                  
end{document}


                  The result is:



                  enter image description here



                  This way has an advantage in that one can change the style of the letters by altering the unicode-math options. For example usepackage[math-style=ISO]{unicode-math} without any other changes yields:



                  enter image description here



                  Also, this way alpha can be copied&pasted from the resulting PDF.






                  share|improve this answer













                  If you're using LuaLaTeX or XeLaTeX, you can use the unicode-math package. It defines all uppercase Greek letters:



                  documentclass{article}
                  
usepackage{unicode-math}
                  
begin{document}
                  
$Alpha+Beta=Gamma$.
                  
end{document}


                  The result is:



                  enter image description here



                  This way has an advantage in that one can change the style of the letters by altering the unicode-math options. For example usepackage[math-style=ISO]{unicode-math} without any other changes yields:



                  enter image description here



                  Also, this way alpha can be copied&pasted from the resulting PDF.







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