Hi,
Simply use package ``textcomp'' and ask for the \textmu letter.
\usepackage{textcomp}
.
.
.
This is 10\,\textmu{}m wide.
HTH,
Pascal
At 04:08 PM 10/16/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I am struggling to use the µ (\mu) in non-italic form
>(i.e. not using tex math mode).
>Obviously, xfig text objects in tex notation like $\mu$ are directly used in
>metapost....
>As a next step I tried an example "50 \char181 A" using the font Helvetica
>Bold in xfig. This is translated to
>...
> p = btex \phvC 50 \char181 A etex
>...
>in the metapost file and then using mpost to
>...
> (5) phvb8r 35.86559 fshow
> 202.7612 754.6338 moveto
> (0) phvb8r 35.86559 fshow
> 232.673 754.6338 moveto
> (\026) cmmi10 35.86559 fshow
>...
>
>If I patch the latter (last line) to
> (\265) phvb8r 35.86559 fshow
>(265 is the octal code of \mu or \char181) everything ist fine and I get my
>\mu correctly in the pdf output.
>Any idea to a achieve this in a more convenient way?
> Marcus
>
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