Change equation fonts throughout a document

You can change the font size and spacing for all small, medium, and large equations in a document. When you make global font changes, FrameMaker reformats and rewraps all shrinkwrapped equations in the document.

Greek characters and symbols in equations normally appear in the Symbol font. You can use fonts such as Mathematical Pi and Universal Greek if these fonts are installed on your system.

Functions, numbers, and strings normally appear in Times New Roman or Times. Variables normally appear in italic. You can change the character formatting of each of these kinds of elements. For example, you can display all elements in Helvetica, with functions in italic and variables in bold.

Note: Don’t delete styles from the Character Catalog if you’re using them to specify the character formatting of math elements. If you delete these character styles, all equations in the document are reformatted using the default font.

Use Equation Sizes from the Equations drop-down list on the Equations panel for the following change:

To change equation fonts throughout the document, do one of the following:
- Specify the font sizes and spread, and click Set. Spread is expressed as a percentage of the font size. Positive spread values cause wider spacing around elements; negative values cause narrower spacing.
- Click Get Defaults.
To change the font for Greek characters and symbols, choose one of the available fonts from the Math Symbols drop-down list, and click Set.
To change the character style for functions, numbers, strings, and variables, first create the character style you want. Then choose the character style from the Functions, Numbers, Strings, or Variables drop-down list, and click Set. FrameMaker displays the style you created in the drop-down lists.