characterstypewriter
How can I produce the text Word_one_two in LaTeX?
I tried:
Samp\_Dist\_Corr
But, it doesn't quite look right. Also, I want it in the typewriter font, so actually, I'm doing:
\texttt{Samp\_Dist\_Corr}
I find it looks a bit like the underscore is merging in to the bottom of the "D", but maybe it's just because of the typewriter D?
Best package for the job is manuscript
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{manuscript,lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]
\end{document}
I agree with ArTourter that you are probably better off simply choosing a font that has an appropriately sized underscore character. However, here's a hack using the relsize package that allows you to scale the underscore character to your liking. It would also be possible to use the underscore character only from a different font, but I'm not sure that the result is desirable, given that different fonts have different stroke weights. I've shown examples of both options in the document below:
\documentclass[oneside]{scrbook}
% (1) choose a font that is available as T1
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{relsize}
% (2) specify encoding
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\renewcommand{\_}{\textscale{.7}{\textunderscore}}
\begin{document}
Forscher\_innen, Protagonist\_innen, etc.
% Original length for comparison
\renewcommand{\_}{\textscale{1}{\textunderscore}}
Forscher\_innen, Protagonist\_innen, etc.
% Underscore from Times
\renewcommand{\_}{{\fontfamily{ptm}\selectfont\textunderscore}}
Forscher\_innen, Protagonist\_innen, etc.
\end{document}
Best Answer
You may prefer the character from the tt font:
Or probably better add
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}then all the above forms will use the character from the font.