CMSS CMSS - Default

CMSS - Default
Text: Computer Modern Sans Serif (CMSS)
Math: CMSS Italic + CMR Math Symbols
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass { beamer } % Default = " sans " option

Example: h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k 2 a2 − γ 2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
3/4
−∞ (k 2 a2 − γ 2 ) H 0 (1)
n k 2 a2 − γ 2

Miss-match with CMR math symbols!

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 CMSS CMSS - Euler VM (1)

CMSS - Euler VM (1)

Text: CMSS
Math: CMSS Italic + Euler VM Symbols
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass { beamer } % No option
\ usepackage { eulervm } % Euler VM fonts

Example:
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a
h p i
k 2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ (k 2 a2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 n(1) k 2 a2 − γ2

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 CMSS CMSS - Euler VM (2)

CMSS - Euler VM (2)

Text: CMSS
Math: Euler VM Math (with [mathserif] option)
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ mathserif ]{ beamer } % " mathserif " option for
\ usepackage { eulervm } % Euler VM as math serif font

Example:
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a
h p i
k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ (k2 a2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 n
(1)
k2 a2 − γ2

Better than the previous one?

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 CMSS LCMSS

LCMSS - CM Bright
Text: LCMSS (CM font family slifonts for SliTEX)
Math: CM Bright1
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ p r o fes sion alfo nt ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ cmbrightmath , scaleupmath ]{ tpslifonts } % Part of TeXPower

Example:
h p i
Z 1 W
~ n ( ) exp {R=a k 2 a2 2 cos 
p (R; )  d
1 3=4
H0 n
p 
(k 2 a 2 2) (1)
k 2 a2 2

1 You can get Type 1 version of CMBright, HFBright from CTAN.

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 CMR Computer Modern Roman

Computer Modern Roman

Text: Computer Modern Roman (CMR)
Math : Computer Modern Roman
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } % " serif " option for CMR

Example:
h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k 2 a2 − γ 2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
3/4
−∞ (k 2 a2 − γ 2 ) H 0 (1)
n k 2 a2 − γ 2

Who is going to use CMR in presentation? Should be avoided!

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 CM Bright CM Bright - HF Bright

CM Bright - HF Bright

Text: CM Bright (MetaFont)

Math: CM Bright Math (MetaFont)

HF Bright, Type 1 version of CM Bright, is available from CTAN1 .

Preamble in this document:

\ documentclass { beamer } % No options

\ usepackage { cmbright }

Example:
h p i
Z 1 W
~ ( ) exp {R=a
n k 2 a2 2 cos 
p (R; )  d
1 3=4
H0n
p 
( k 2 a2 (1)
2) k 2 a2 2

Is `cmbright' too thin?

1 http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/hfbright
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 Concrete Concrete - Euler VM (1)

Concrete - Euler VM (1)

Text: Concrete
Math: Concrete Italic + Euler VM Symbols
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } % Needed for Type1 Concrete
\ usepackage { concrete } % Loads Concrete + Euler VM

Example:

Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a

h p i
k 2 a 2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
3/4
−∞ (k 2 a 2 − γ2 ) H 0 n(1) k 2 a 2 − γ2

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 Concrete Concrete - Euler VM (2)

Concrete - Euler VM (2)

Text: Concrete
Math: Euler VM Math (with “professionalfont” option)1
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif , profes sionalfont ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } %
\ usepackage { concrete } %

Example:

Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a

h p i
k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
3/4
−∞ (k2 a2 − γ2 ) H 0 (1)
n k2 a2 − γ2

1 This option disables Beamer’s font substitution mechanism.

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 Concrete Concrete - Concmath

Concrete - Concmath
Text: Concrete
Math: Concrete Italic1 + Concmath Symbols (MetaFont2 )
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } % Needed for Type1 Concrete
\ usepackage { concmath } % Concrete + Concmath

Example:
h p i
Z1 W
~ n ( ) exp {R =a k 2 a 2 2 cos 
p (R ; )  p  d
1 (k 2 a 2 2 )3=4 H 0 (n1) k 2 a 2 2

1 If you add professionalfont, all math is set in MetaFont!

2 Now Adobe Reader v6.x and later displays Type3 fonts very well.
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 Arial Narrow Arial Narrow Math

Arial Narrow Math

Text: Arial Narrow
Math: Arial Narrow Math (with CM math symbols)1
Preamble in this document:
\ d o c u m e n t c l a s s[ p r o f e s s i o n a l f o n t]{ beamer } %
\ u s e p a c k a g e{ mathmanx } % Arial Narrow Math

Example: h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k 2 a2 − γ 2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
3/4
−∞ (k 2 a2 − γ 2 ) H ′ (1)
n k 2 a2 − γ 2

Warning: The original Arial Narrow TT font is converted to Type 42

(pfa), and thus you should use dvips!

1 See http://users.chariot.net.au/~marknai/index.html
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 Charter Charter - MathDesign

Charter - MathDesign
Text: Bitstream Charter
Math: MathDesign Charter1
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } %
\ usepackage [ charter ]{ mathdesign } % MathDesign Charter

Example: ” €p Š—
∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
Z
p(R, φ) ∼
3/4 (1) €p Š dγ
−∞ k2 a2 − γ2 H0 n k2 a2 − γ2

1
See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathdesign/
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 Garamond Garamond - MathDesign

Garamond - MathDesign
Text: URW Garamond No. 81
Math: MathDesign Garamond2
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } %
\ usepackage [ garamond ]{ mathdesign } % URW Garamond No . 8 and
% MathDesign Garamond

Example:
h Æ i
ZW̃n (γ ) exp ıR/a
∞ k 2 a 2 − γ 2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ Æ  dγ
−∞ (k 2 a 2 − γ 2 )3/4 H 0 (1)
n k 2a2 − γ 2

Serif fonts may not be good for presentation though Garamond is

beautiful.

1 See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/urw/garamond/
2 See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathdesign/
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 Helvetica Helvetica - Euler VM (1)

Helvetica - Euler VM (1)

Text: Helvetica
Math: Helvetica Italic + Euler VM Symbols
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass { beamer } %
\ usepackage [ scaled ]{ helvet } % With " scaled " option
\ usepackage { eulervm } %

Example:
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR /a
h p i
k 2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ (k 2 a2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 (n1) k 2 a 2 − γ2

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 Helvetica Helvetica - Euler VM (2)

Helvetica - Euler VM (2)

Text: Helvetica
Math: Euler VM Math
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ mathserif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ scaled ]{ helvet } % With " scaled " option
\ usepackage { eulervm } %

Example:
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a
h p i
k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ (k2 a2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 (n1) k2 a2 − γ2

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 Palatino Palatino - Euler VM (1)

Palatino - Euler VM (1)

Text: Palatino
Math: Palatino Italic + Euler VM Symbols
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage { pxfonts } % Or palatino or mathpazo packages
\ usepackage { eulervm } %

Example:
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a
h p i
k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ (k2 a2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 (1)
n k 2 a2 − γ2

Hermann Zapf designed both fonts! Should work well!

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 Palatino Palatino - Euler VM (2)

Palatino - Euler VM (2)

Text: Palatino
Math: Euler VM Math (with professionalfont option)
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [serif , professionalfont ]{ beamer } % " professionalfont " option
\ usepackage { pxfonts } %
\ usepackage { eulervm } %

Example:
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a
h p i
k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ (k2 a2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 (1)
n k2 a2 − γ2

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 Palatino Palatino - Mathpazo

Palatino - Mathpazo
Text: Palatino
Math: Mathpazo with CM math symbols (part of PSNFSS)
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage { mathpazo } %

Example:
h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
−∞ 3/4
(k2 a2 − γ2 ) H 0 n(1) k 2 a2 − γ 2

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 Palatino Palatino - Pxfonts

Palatino - Pxfonts
Text: Palatino
Math: Pxfonts1
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage { pxfonts } %

Example: h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼
3/4 0 (1)  p 2 2  dγ
−∞ k2 a2 − γ2 Hn k a − γ2
Equations may be too tight! This is also true for txfonts.

1 Has a good monospaced teletype font, pxtt (=txtt).

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 Times Times - Mathematica

Times - Mathematica
Text: Times
Math: Mathematica VF Pack1 .
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [cmtt ]{ wrisym } % Mathematica v4 . 2 VF pack

Example:
1
¥ W̃n (Γ) exp CÓR/ a K k2 a2 - Γ2 cos ΦOG
p(R, Φ) ~ à 1 dΓ
3/ 4
-¥ Ik2 a2 - Γ2 M H ¢ n(1) K k2 a2 - Γ2 O

Serif fonts may not be good for presentation.

1 CTAN’smma package is obsolete. See

http://phong.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~kuska/
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 Times Times - Txfonts

Times - Txfonts
Text: Times
Math: Txfonts
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage { txfonts } % Txfonts

Example: h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ p  dγ
k2 a2 − γ2 3/4 H 0 (1) k 2 a2 − γ 2


−∞ n

Serif fonts may not be good for presentation.

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 Times Times - Mathptmx

Times - Mathptmx
Text: Times
Math: Mathptmx1 (part of PSNFSS)
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ cmtt ]{ wrisym } % Mathematica v4 .2 VF pack

Example: h p i
Z ∞ W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k2 a2 − γ 2 cos φ
p(R, φ ) ∼ p  dγ
3/4
−∞ (k2 a2 − γ 2 ) H 0 (1)
n k 2 a2 − γ 2

Serif fonts may not be good for presentation.

1 Contains CM math symbols.

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 Utopia Utopia - Fourier

Utopia - Fourier
Text: Adobe Utopia
Math: Fourier-GUT1
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } %
\ usepackage { fourier } % Fourier - GUT

Example: h ³p ´i
Z W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a
∞ k2 a2 − γ2 cos φ
p(R, φ) ∼ ¢3/4 (1) ³p ´ dγ
k2 a2 − γ2 k2 a2 − γ2
¡
−∞ H 0n

1 See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fourier-GUT
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 Utopia Utopia - MathDesign

Utopia - MathDesign
Text: Adobe Utopia
Math: MathDesign Utopia1
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage [ T1 ]{ fontenc } %
\ usepackage [ charter ]{ mathdesign } % MathDesign Utopia

Example: ” €p Š—
W̃n (γ) exp ı R/a
∞ k 2 a 2 − γ2 cos φ
Z
p (R, φ) ∼
3/4 (1) €p Š dγ
−∞ k 2 a 2 − γ2 H 0n k 2 a 2 − γ2

1 See http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mathdesign/
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 Fun Fonts Bradhley Hand - mathpazo

Bradhley Hand - mathpazo

Text: Bradhley Hand1
Math: Mathpazo
Preamble in this document:
\ documentclass [ serif ]{ beamer } %
\ usepackage { mathpazo } % Mathpazo symbols
\ renewcommand {\ rmdefault }{ ibh } % Bradhley Hand ITC

Example:
Z ∞  √ 2 2

W̃n (γ) exp ıR/a k a − γ2 cos φ
p (R, φ) ∼ √
dγ
−∞ (k 2 a 2 − γ2 )3/4 H 0 n(1) k 2 a 2 − γ2

May be useful for writing informal documents!

1 Bradhley Hand ITC (in TTF) comes with MS Windows.

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 Fun Fonts Comic Sans MS

Comic Sans MS
Text: Comic Sans / Courier Bold1
Math: CM Math + Comic Sans Glyphs
Preamble in this document:
\documentclass[sans,mathserif]{beamer} %
\usepackage{comicsans} % Comic Sans

Example:
h p i
Z 1 W̃n ( ) exp {R =a k 2 a 2 2 cos
p(R ; ) ∼
3=4 (1) p  d
1 k 2a 2 2 H 0n k 2a 2 2

1 See CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/comicsans/.
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