Re: LUG: LaTeX problem with bar/overline - Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:29:56 -0500

Subject : Re: LUG: LaTeX problem with bar/overline

From : "Daniel Underwood" <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:29:56 -0500

Good news. I found instructions for installing MathTime Pro fonts on Ubuntu, and they worked. (I'm not sure why I didn't find these instructions when I previously searched...)

Installing MathTime Pro fonts on Ubuntu
<http://dysfunkt.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/installing-mathtime-pro-fonts-on-ubuntu/>

Nevertheless, if anyone has an alternative solution (that doesn't require purchasing MathTime Pro fonts), I'd love to hear it.

On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:24 -0500, "Daniel Underwood" <daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Hope this isn't too off-topic. I know many of you guys are familiar
> with LaTeX, so I figured I'd ask.
>
> There doesn't appear to be a way to correctly typeset a line above a
> symbol to denote, for example, the sample mean of a random variable.
> That is, I can't figure out a way to correctly display X-bar (X with a
> line over it denoting the mean of random variable X). There are two
> ways that I know of to do this: \bar{X} and \overline{X}. But each of
> these is flawed. One is far too small (FYI: this also happens with
> \hat{X}), and one is ridiculously large. Here is how each of these
> looks: <http://mathbin.net/58379>
>
> Now, in the Windows (and apparently Mac) world, there is a solution:
> MathTime Pro II fonts: <http://www.pctex.com/mtpro2.html>
>
> One of my professors uses this, and things look perfect. I tried to use
> this with my standard texlive installation (on Ubuntu), but I couldn't
> get it to work. If any of you could get it to work (there's a free Lite
> version available on the website), please please tell me how! Or if
> anyone knows an alternative way to display X-bar, please let me know.
>
> This, to me, is extremely troubling. This notation is prevalent, and I
> find it shocking that there doesn't appear to be a way to typeset it
> correctly.
>
> TIA,
> Daniel
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