I know that mathptmx does not contain bold symbols for greek letters in math mode, and the result of \pmb is too ugly. Is there a way to specify LaTeX to use CM fonts for bold greek letters when mathptmx is used?
[Tex/LaTex] ny way other than \pmb to produce bold greek letters when mathptmx is used
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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}
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
To use Computer Modern for bold Greek letters, you can put the following into the preamble of your document:
To typeset a bold
\Gamma, you can then write\boldsymbol{\Gamma}. That said, the result looks mixed because the regular weight of Times already looks pretty heavy compared to Computer Modern.