fontssmall-caps
I want to typeset "FP6" as small caps. Putting {\sc fp6} does the right thing on the letters, but the digit 6 is much taller, and the result looks ugly.
What is the best workaround to make digits an appropriate height to go with small caps?
(In case it's relevant, I'm using the iopart class, which I think uses Computer Modern.)
You could redefine \Lambda to use gfsneohellenic:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[default]{gfsneohellenic}
\usepackage[greek,english]{babel}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\let\CMLambda\Lambda
\newcommand*{\gfs}[2]{\renewcommand*{#1}{\mathalpha{\text{%
\selectlanguage{greek}\textneohellenic{#2}}}}}
\gfs{\Lambda}{L}
\begin{document}
\begin{tabular}{ll}
Neohellenic text: & {\selectlanguage{greek}\textneohellenic{L}} \\
Neohellenic math: & $\Lambda$ \\
Computer Modern: & $\CMLambda$
\end{tabular}
\end{document}
I saved the original Computer Modern \Lambda in \CMLambda. This way it's still accessible for comparing. Here's the output:
For convenience, here's the an example font table of gfshellenic:
I created it using this code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fonttable}
\begin{document}
\fonttable{gneohellenicrg6r}
\end{document}
Replace gneohellenicrg6r by cmr9 to see a Roman table. This might help you to get the correspondence that you asked for in your comments.
Not really a compelling rationale, but I would go with method 2 because that's what The Economist does:
(The Economist, November 6th 2010)
Best Answer
All things being equal, you're probably using Computer Modern Roman, not because
ioparthas loaded it, but because it's the default used if you don't explicitly specify any other. (Your pdf reader can confirm this for you. Usually all you need do is open the document then, depending on the reader, looking in Properties / Fonts. Look for fontnames like 'CMR10' (CM 10pt roman) and 'CMCSC10' (CM 10pt small caps).)There are many solutions to your problem. Apart from explicitly rescaling your lining figures as Niel points out (tho take care that 'faking' small caps doesn't run you into, say, untoward kerning issues), two of the easiest are these:
If you wish to stay with computer modern, use
\oldstylenumsto convert normal "lining" (uppercase) figures to "oldstyle" ("text" or lowercase) figures. E.g.,\textsc{fp}\oldstylenums{6}. Note, however, that some CMR oldstyle figures look less like osf than you might want (the digit '6' happens to be one of these).Alternatively, you might prefer the look and feel of the oldstyle figures offered by different fonts. However, not every font offers these natively (i.e., you might need to apply the
\oldstylenumscommand when using most other non-CMR fonts).Here's some code that might help to check out many of the rather few fonts that open up text figures. Assuming each font is actually loaded on your system, one by one just uncomment and recomment each of the commented lines below, compiling each to see which look and feel you most prefer. Note, however, that this technique typesets all figures in your document in oldstyle. Nevertheless, it means you won't need to apply the
\oldstylenumscommand at any time.