If you use only a few cyrillic letters and only in text size, the simplest way is to say
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
\newcommand{\Zhe}{\mbox{\usefont{T2A}{\rmdefault}{m}{n}\CYRZH}}
If you need them also in subscripts or superscripts, it's possible to use \mathchoice
for getting them:
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
\makeatletter
\def\easycyrsymbol#1{\mathord{\mathchoice
{\mbox{\fontsize\tf@size\z@\usefont{T2A}{\rmdefault}{m}{n}#1}}
{\mbox{\fontsize\tf@size\z@\usefont{T2A}{\rmdefault}{m}{n}#1}}
{\mbox{\fontsize\sf@size\z@\usefont{T2A}{\rmdefault}{m}{n}#1}}
{\mbox{\fontsize\ssf@size\z@\usefont{T2A}{\rmdefault}{m}{n}#1}}
}}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\Ze}{\easycyrsymbol{\CYRZ}}
This makes available \Ze at all sizes.
The names to use are easy: just add \cyr
or \CYR
in front of the letter's English transliteration. For instance, the lowercase "shcha" is \cyrshch
, the uppercase is \CYRSHCH
. This is called the character's LICR (LaTeX internal character representation).
Another solution, useful if you need the entire repertory without wasting too much resources is to say
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
\DeclareSymbolFont{cyrillic}{T2A}{cmr}{m}{n}
\DeclareMathSymbol{\Sha}{\mathalpha}{cyrillic}{216}
since the Sha has that position in the T2A encoding; this can be deduced from the definitions in the file t2aenc.def
. By using some sorcery, we can directly use the LICR name of the characters:
\usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
\DeclareSymbolFont{cyrillic}{T2A}{cmr}{m}{n}
\def\makecyrsymbol#1#2{%
\begingroup\edef\temp{\endgroup
\noexpand\DeclareMathSymbol{\noexpand#1}
{\noexpand\mathalpha}{cyrillic}%
{\expandafter\expandafter\expandafter
\calccyr\expandafter\meaning\csname T2A\string#2\endcsname\end}}%
\temp}
\expandafter\def\expandafter\calccyr\string\char#1\end{#1}
\makecyrsymbol\Zhe\CYRZH
The command \makecyrsymbol
has two arguments: the first one is the desired name for the symbol, the second one is the internal LaTeX name for the cyrillic letter. With that last line we have defined \Zhe as a math command in all sizes.
The \usepackage[T2A,T1]{fontenc}
line is necessary for resetting the document's main encoding to T1
; use OT1
, instead of T1
if you don't need accented letters because your language is English. I have prefixed with that line each of the four solutions: pick your preferred one.
Best Answer
You could
\unslant
the\mu
, using Bruno's\slantbox
described at Shear transform a "box". I also set the number range as7--8
in text mode, since the math version of your MWE was typeset as seven minus eight.There is also the
upgreek
package; however, its font may not match the underlying font either: