Re: LUG: LaTeX problem with bar/overline - Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:21:01 -0500

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

From : Andrew Austin <adausti2@ncsu.[redacted]>

Date : Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:21:01 -0500

Can you provide an example of how you want it to look? \overline{}
looks fine to me.

Andrew

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:24 AM, 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
> --
> Daniel Underwood
> North Carolina State University
> PhD Student - Industrial Engineering
> email: daniel.underwood@ncsu.[redacted]
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>
>

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