How do you get a non-italic pound sign? (£)
[Tex/LaTex] How to get a non-italic pound sign? (£)
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On a case-by-case basis, it is possible to typeset text within math mode using \textrm{...} or \mathrm{...}, the latter being used predominantly for typesetting units or symbols and not pure text (since it gobbles spaces that are not escaped). \mbox{...} is another alternative to \textrm{...}, since it resets its contents to text mode by default. Here are some examples:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
Here is a formula: $x=\exp(\log \mathrm{x})$
Here is another: $\sin^2 t+\cos^2 t = \textrm{famous identity}$
\end{document}
The above font changes do not work that well in general, since switching to a different font when using sub- and superscripts, say, does not always scale as expected. There are ways around it though. For example, using \text{...} from the amstext package (automatically loaded by amsmath - see the AMS package dependencies), which switches to the appropriate font size via \mathchoice:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}% http://ctan.org/pkg/amsmath
% amsmath loads the amstext package by default
\begin{document}
Here is a formula: $x=y^{abc}$
Here it is again: $x=y^{\mbox{abc}}$
Compare that to: $x=y^{\text{abc}}$
\end{document}
If you need to do it in math mode you can use $\acute{\mathrm{e}}$.
Here is a comparison of the output:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
$\acute{e}$ within math mode (without mathrm)\par
$\acute{\mathrm{e}}$ within math mode (with mathrm)\par
\'{e} outside of math mode
\end{document}
Best Answer
In the original cm fonts (OT1 encoding) £ was encoded as italic $ but in the 8bit encoding (T1) it is not an issue: