On 3/12/04 9:10 GÃnter Milde sent the following:

>On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 12:23:15PM -0500, Aric Gregson wrote:
>> I just realized that when I output a Lyx file to .pdf using
>> pdflatex the superscripts are no longer in a smaller size font,
>> but the same size as the main text. When viewed in Lyx and in the
>> DVI output the superscripts are of a smaller font.
>> 
>> Is there some way to force the .pdf output to look the same as in
>> Lyx and DVI?

>Maybe we need some more info...

You're probably right. I have been using Insert>Special
Character>Superscript to place the superscripts (there are only a few in
non-math equations). 

>I realized a similar behaviour (small vs. big indices) when using ^M to
>get "text in math" (e.g. ^M MTF_^Mgeo ESC).

I'm not sure what "text in math" refers to.

>With the Use_AMS button clicked in Layout>Document>Packages,
>everything is OK, without, the geo comes out too large.

This worked just fine. Thank you very much!

>A stable solution is to use Layout>Character>Roman instead the "text in
>math" toggle (e.g. ^M MTF_ Alt-cr geo ESC)

I tried this, converted to .pdf and there was no change in the size of
the superscripts.

>("text in math" is translated to \textrm{something} while Alt-c r is
>translated to \mathrm{something})
>
>Maybe these get interpreted differently in latex and pdflatex?

Not a clue on this point.

thank you!

aric

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