LaTeX Tip #1 – Using text in math mode
Add comment February 25th, 2009
The compiler treats all letters typed in math mode as variables so it puts them in italics and ignores all spaces. In order to type text while in math mode you must use one of the following commands.
In addition to this I found that the compiler doesn’t treat the text in super/subscript correctly. So in order to adjust the font size I had to additionally include the \scriptsize command. This reduced the font size to match the other text in the super/subscript.
Example:
References:
Getting Started with LaTeX – David R. Wilkins