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I am writing a document, and I used \epsilon throughout. I would really like to change it to \varepsilon, but manually it would be quite a struggle.
So the question is whether I can put something in the preamble so that \epsilon actually give the same output as \varepsilon.
I tried with \newcommand{\epsilon}{\varepsilon}, but it didn't work (I imagine because \epsilon is an already defined command). How can I solve this problem?
From the start menu launch MiKTeX Package Manager, select mathabx-type1, right-click on the selection and select install. base.
To install cm-super, do the same from MPM.
Finally run from the command-line: updmap --verbose to update the type 1 fonts database.
Added: I forgot this (important) detail: for the mathabx fonts to be displayed with their type 1 versions, as there is no .fd file, add this to your preamble:
\DeclareFontShape{U}{matha}{m}{n}{
<-6> matha5 <6-7> matha6 <7-8> matha7
<8-9> matha8 <9-10> matha9
<10-12> matha10 <12-> matha12
}{}
and do the same for mathb and mathx if you want to use them.
According to the package documentation of gfsbodoni the package defines the command \textbodoni{} for short texts and the environment \begin{bodoni}\end{bodoni} for longer texts.
Both indeed work (note that I removed some deprecated options for scrbook):
\documentclass[DIV=9,twoside=false]{scrbook}
\KOMAoptions{DIV=last}
\usepackage{gfsbodoni}
\usepackage{tgadventor}
\usepackage[scaled]{berasans}
\usepackage[bitstream-charter]{mathdesign}
\usepackage{scholax}
\usepackage{palatino}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
Default font \lipsum[1]
\textbodoni{Bodoni Regular \lipsum[2]}
\begin{bodoni}
\textit{Bodoni Italic. \lipsum[3]}
\end{bodoni}
\end{document}
Font properties of the PDF:
Best Answer
Indeed,
\epsilonis already defined.In this case it's safe to do
I know that
\let\epsilon\varepsilonwould be slightly more efficient, but it's not for beginners.Note that in this way you have no way to recover the original
\epsilonsymbol, but that should not be a problem. In case you need the original, you need to save its meaning, so you can do(choose a different name than
\uglyepsilon, if you so prefer). Now using\epsilonor\varepsilonin the document will produce ε, while\uglyepsilonwill produce ϵ. For this purpose,\letis needed.