latin-modernpdftex
How do I switch from the default Computer Modern for text and math to Latin Modern for text and Latin Modern Math for math?
In the preamble I put \usepackage{lmodern} to switch to Latin Modern for text. But what should I add to the preamble so that the document uses Latin Modern Math for math?
The Latin Modern Math download page seems to be for downloading the font for use with MS Word or Adobe or something.
The LM Math fonts are available in OTF Math format. As such they are usable with unicode-math and ConTeXt Mk IV. So you can finally use LM when using Xe/LuaTeX + unicode-math or ConTeXt (as LM + STIX Math just looks horrible). Presumably they also added additional symbols as Unicode defines lots of math symbols that aren't available in the CM math fonts.
As I read the announcement, you can't use the fonts without an OTF capable TeX engine. So with pdflatex, you have to continue to use the old fonts anyway (see the comments for a qualification of this statement).
The Latin Modern fonts don't have the full set of Greek letters, but only some of them.
If you need only some Greek words, you can benefit from the ucharclasses package, as shown in the example. If you need longer passages in Greek, it's convenient to load Polyglossia.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\usepackage[Latin,Greek]{ucharclasses}
\setmainfont[Ligatures=TeX]{Latin Modern Roman}
\newfontfamily{\gfsartemisia}{GFS Artemisia}
\newfontfamily{\gfsbaskerville}{GFS Baskerville}
\newfontfamily{\gfsbodoni}{GFS Bodoni}
\newfontfamily{\gfsdidot}{GFS Didot}
\newfontfamily{\cmu}{CMU Serif}
\newcommand{\greekfont}{\gfsartemisia}
\setTransitionsForLatin{}{}
\setTransitionsForGreek{\begingroup\greekfont}{\endgroup}
\begin{document}
GFS Artemisia -- This text appears fine: ΔπΩε. And again.
\renewcommand{\greekfont}{\gfsbaskerville}
GFS Baskerville -- This text appears fine: ΔπΩε. And again.
\renewcommand{\greekfont}{\gfsbodoni}
GFS Bodoni -- This text appears fine: ΔπΩε. And again.
\renewcommand{\greekfont}{\gfsdidot}
GFS Didot -- This text appears fine: ΔπΩε. And again.
\renewcommand{\greekfont}{\cmu}
CMU Serif --This text appears fine: ΔπΩε. And again.
\end{document}
After you've chosen the font that suits you (maybe experimenting with other Greek fonts), give it directly the name of \greekfont.
Best Answer
If you use
pdflatex, then justwill completely replace Computer Modern with Latin Modern for text and math, because its code is
However, when used in combination with
amsmathit has a problem: withamsmath(and no font package), thelargesymbolsfont is scalable, but withlmodernit becomes fixed size.Minimal example:
If you uncomment the
\usepackage{lmodern}line you getwhich is unacceptable. The usage of a fixed font size for
largesymbolshas other nasty consequences, so I recommend adding\usepackage{fixcmex}(that was written exactly for solving this problem). It will revert thelargesymbolsfont to Computer Modern, preciselycmex10and other sizes, butlmex10is a straightforward copy ifcmex10, so there will be essentially no difference.Don't load
lmodernif you're using XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX. If you use these engines, the default font is Latin Modern (with Computer Modern for math) even if you don't loadfontspec; loading alsounicode-mathwill use Latin Modern Math.