I'm trying to write a robust macro for literary-style fractions, in which the numerator is superscript and the denominator is subscript around a slanted line, not a strait line as in $\frac{1}{2}$. I came with:
\def\frac#1#2{ $^#1\!\!/\!\!_#2$ } which is fine except that the fraction is always set in roman even in an italic block. I tried again: \def\frac#1#2{ \raisebox{0.3ex}{\footnotesize{#1}}% $\!/\!\!% \raisebox{-0.3ex}{\footnotesize{#2}} } except that there is now too much space between the denominator and the line when set in roman and too little in italic. I would appreciate any ideas on how to improve this. -- Henry House The attached file is a digital signature. See <http://romana.hajhouse.org/pgp> for information. My OpenPGP key: <http://romana.hajhouse.org/hajhouse.asc>.
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