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- Subject: How to typeset "Player A"
- Message-ID: <2JAN199318545111@vms.huji.ac.il>
- From: maschler@vms.huji.ac.il (MICHAEL MASCHLER)
- Date: 2 Jan 1993 18:54 IDT
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- In preparing a book, I ran into the following problem: How should I
- typeset "Player A"? Should it be Player A or should it be Player $A$?
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- My inclination is not to add the dollar signs for the following reasons:
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- a. The A is not a mathematical entity. It is a name for the player, like
- Player Abraham. Alternatively, it is an enumeration part, like
- Player 1, Player 2, etc.
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- b. Graphically, I find it unpleasent to have a somewhat slanted $A$ together
- with the unslanted Player.
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- My co-author prefers $A$, claiming that it better stressed this way.
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- I looked at several books on the subject and they all use a slanted A,
- or italic A. However, Player 1 was always printed with no slant, or italics.
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- My questions are: Is there a correct way to typeset Player A?
- If not, what do you prefer personally, and why?
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- Thanks in advance for every answer and advise you may care to give,
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- Michael
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