# [texhax] cannott get bold \mu

Wed Aug 23 15:38:14 CEST 2006

On Aug 22, 2006, at 10:27 AM, David Carter-Hitchin wrote:

> Subject line says it all really.  Tried
>
> ${\bf \mu}$
> $\textbf{\mu}$
> $\tmmathbf{\mu}$
> $\mathbf{\mu}$
>
> So far I've view the output with xdvi and xpdf.

Try something like this:

\documentclass{minimal}
\begin{document}
$\mu$

\mathversion{bold}
$\mu$

\mathversion{normal}
$\mu$

\end{document}

And check out the FAQ, specifically:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=boldgreek

And other beginner LaTeX texts, esp. Herbert Voss Math guide:

ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/math/voss/Voss-Mathmode.pdf

William

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Fry Communications

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