In mathematical mode as well as in text mode, you can change the typeface as needed. sans serif fonts and the differences between the ec text fonts Unlike the chancery/roundhand distinction, which is seldom used contrastively, upright and italic are usually used contrastively in mathematics. these fonts is not recommended by author of sfmath.sty. Table 1, adapted from the PSNFSS documentation, summarizes the commonly used Latex font packages. Sans-serif: Categories ... You can use \dots in both text and math mode and LaTeX will replace it with three dots "…" but it will decide according to the context whether to put it on the bottom (like \ldots) or centered (like \cdots). I wrote an article about font sizes in LaTeX, which has become a hugely popular post. By default, Latex Font makes use of computer modern-day, an own family of typefaces designed by Donald Knuth for use with tex. ). use bold maths with this package. Sans-serif math with latex in matplotlib. math typesetting are compared: the packages e.g., cmbright.sty provides completely new fonts {} ('texhtml' class) Distinguishes a formula from the running text. whereas with sfmath.sty bold (but upright) maths is provided. use the LaTeX T1 font encoding for maths. The default sans-serif may render certain characters indistinguishable, such as 1, I and l. In articles mixing raw wiki with