On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 05:12:49PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Does any of you know what is the difference between \textsf and > \mathsf in math mode and can he comment on their relative usefulness? > It is something I always wondered about. > > JMarc
I suppose it has to do with the spacing. \mathsf characters are assumed to be math symbols, and are spaced accordingly. \textsf makes the enclosed characters "running text" with ligatures and all that, even inside a math inset. You just may want that text to be sans-serif for whatever reason, instead of \textrm. BTW can you put ordinary accented characters (äö) inside \mathsf? I don't mean the special math accents, even if they look the same. Can you put them inside \textsf? IIRC here's another difference. And inserting blanks? Martin
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