1. Sep 12, 2003

### quartodeciman

I suppose I should be complaining to the vBulletin folks!

The glyph for the escape coding "& nu ;" (scrunched together!) is just a lower case v. If I am writing math expressions with both an ordinary velocity and a frequency term, this makes for ambiguity.

I guess I can use smilie "[ nu ]" (scrunched together!), but these tend to appear above the text line.

TFYP!

a "& nu ;" and a "v":
abc&nu;def...stuvwxyz
---> -------->

a smilie "nu":
abc[nu]def
--->

2. Sep 12, 2003

### Hurkyl

Staff Emeritus
Nah, you need to complain to the people who created the fonts.

The times new roman font is easily the best font for greek letters. To use it, type

<font=times new roman> text </font>

but use square brackets [] instead of angle brackets <>

Rewriting your post encapslated in this font tag will yield:

I suppose I should be complaining to the vBulletin folks!

The glyph for the escape coding "& nu ;" (scrunched together!) is just a lower case v. If I am writing math expressions with both an ordinary velocity and a frequency term, this makes for ambiguity.

I guess I can use smilie "[ nu ]" (scrunched together!), but these tend to appear above the text line.

TFYP!

a "& nu ;" and a "v":
abc&nu;def...stuvwxyz
---> -------->

a smilie "nu":
abc[nu]def
--->

If this is too small, then also wrap it in <size=3> </size> tags.

3. Sep 12, 2003

### quartodeciman

Hmm!

&nu;'/&nu; = (c + v).5/(c - v).5

Gee! That's neat!

TFYH!

4. Sep 12, 2003

### Tom Mattson

Staff Emeritus
You can also use the "symbol" font.

<font=symbol>n</font>

again, with [] instead of <>.

You'll get: n

5. Sep 12, 2003

### quartodeciman

Oh, yes! I couldn't remember that font name. That has all kinds of good stuff, including cards pips: §¨©ª, very useful when discussing probability examples.

6. Sep 12, 2003

### Hurkyl

Staff Emeritus
Unfortunately, the symbol font is a little less universal; the four symbols you posted don't look anything like card suits, and the 'nu' that tom posted looks like an 'n'.

7. Sep 12, 2003

### quartodeciman

Yikes! There oughta be a law!