Most people would already have heard of the siunitx
package, but in case you haven’t, here’s a small, humble request:
Please use thesiunitx
package more to typeset your measurements. Please. I beg you. It’s so much easier and makes things look so much more professional.
(Yes, this is going to be a rather ranty post, but don’t worry, I’ll keep it short.)
I mean, just compare the output when using siunitx
:
\usepackage{siunitx}
\SI{3.563d4}{\square\volt\cubic\lumen\per\farad}
\SI{3.563d4}{\square\volt\cubic\lumen\per\farad}
![](https://texmy.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/7ae73-units-01.png)
And doing it manually:
$3.563 \times 10^4$ V$^2$ lm$^3$ F$^{-1}$
![](https://texmy.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/671fd-units-02.png)
I rest my case. And if you’re not convinced yet, you can also do lists and ranges of values like this:
\SIlist[per-mode=symbol]{40;85;103}{\kilo\metre\per\hour}
\SIrange{75}{110}{\kilo\pascal}
\SIrange{75}{110}{\kilo\pascal}
![](https://texmy.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/e8fff-units-03.png)
![](https://texmy.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/b9649-units-04.png)
So please. Start using siunitx
.