accentsitalicmath-mode
$\acute{e}$ makes an italic e with accent in math mode, how can I get the acute accent with a regular letter?
I should mention that this is for annotating a plot with matplotlib, so common tricks in LaTeX may not work, I tried \text and \mbox, both failed.
As you load the ams packages, you can use \textnormal:
\documentclass{scrartcl}
% Kodierung
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
% Sprache (neue deutsche Rechtschreibung)
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
% Mathematik
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\begin{document}
Test
\begin{align}
\textnormal{Empf"anger}
\end{align}
test
\itshape Test
\begin{equation}
\textnormal{Empf"anger}
\end{equation}
test
\end{document}
As the example shows, this is immune to the surounding text changes.
Plain TeX, and LaTeX, have a \skew macro which is described in the TeXBook.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts,amsthm}
\usepackage{eulervm}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
Normal: & a$\boldsymbol{\hat{\theta}}$b \\
\textbackslash skew-.5: & a$\boldsymbol{\skew{-.5}\hat\theta}$b \\
\textbackslash skew-1: & a$\boldsymbol{\skew{-1}\hat\theta}$b \\
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
with \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} the hat moves: it is lowered and shifted a bit to the left of its non-T1 position.
Best Answer
If you need to do it in math mode you can use
$\acute{\mathrm{e}}$.Here is a comparison of the output: