The commands
$\mathcal{\mbox{$M$}}$
and
\mbox{$\mathcal{M}$}
produce different output. I would like a replacement for \mbox that creates a box preserving all features of the current font in math mode. How can I do this?
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4Welcome to TeX.SX! Can you give us a good use case?Andrew Swann– Andrew Swann2014-11-09 16:50:12 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 16:50
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2 Answers
Please always post complete documents:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\begin{document}
$\mathcal{\count0=\fam\mbox{$\fam=\count0 M$}}$
\end{document}
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1That works perfectly; thank you. I'll post complete documents in the future.Jonathan Wise– Jonathan Wise2014-11-09 19:27:25 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 19:27
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2@JonathanWise why do you want this by the way? hard to think of any time it would be useful compared to just using
\mathcal{M}David Carlisle– David Carlisle2014-11-09 20:35:55 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 20:35 -
I am trying to make a version of \overline and \underline that looks right on slanted characters.Jonathan Wise– Jonathan Wise2014-11-09 20:40:37 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 20:40
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1@JonathanWise Have you seen: What does “XY Problem” mean?yo'– yo'2014-11-09 21:48:46 +00:00Commented Nov 9, 2014 at 21:48
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1@JonathanWise it does, but it doesn't matter as that is a local setting, it can not interfere with the page number as used, unless you want to print the page number inside the
\mathcalDavid Carlisle– David Carlisle2014-11-19 15:32:53 +00:00Commented Nov 19, 2014 at 15:32
You can use the similar commands \mathmbox or \mathmakebox provided by the mathtools package.
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3If I have understood the OP correctly, he wants to have
\mathcal{M}as result, but\mathcal{\mathmbox{M}}gives the other M.Heiko Oberdiek– Heiko Oberdiek2015-07-04 05:38:23 +00:00Commented Jul 4, 2015 at 5:38