[Tex/LaTex] Bold Greek letters in achemso

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I'm having trouble producing a bold capital "Pi" while using the achemso document class. The only success that I've had is by using \bm{\Pi} which produces an ugly result akin to "poor man's bold", \pmb. I think I've narrowed it down to achemso's use of mathptmx that causes this problem. Here's a minimal example that illustrates the problem:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage{bm}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
&\text{normal:  } \Pi \\
&\text{mathbf:  } \mathbf{\Pi} \\
&\text{bm:  } \bm{\Pi}
\end{split}
\end{equation}
\end{document}

Is there any way of producing a clean-looking bold capital "Pi" that will be compatible with achemso and pdfLaTeX?

Best Answer

Mathptmx is an older package, which lacks many features provided by newer Times-compatible font packages. Newtxtext and newtxmath are a very good alternative.

Try this:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,achemso}
\usepackage{newtxmath}
\usepackage{newtxtext}
\usepackage{bm}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{equation}
\begin{split}
&\text{normal:  } \Pi \\
&\text{mathbf:  } \mathbf{\Pi} \\
&\text{bm:  } \bm{\Pi}
\end{split}
\end{equation}
\end{document}

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\usepackage[unicode]{hyperref}

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\end{document}

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