Using Times Italic v for math mode v

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Dennis Kletzing
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Using Times Italic v for math mode v

The v that is used in math mode has slightly curved sides, different from the Times-Italic v, which looks very much like the Greek nu. I do math textbook production and sometimes have publishers or authors who prefer the Times-Italic v for the v in math mode. Is it possible to create an option that would allow for this. It could work like the zswash option, which changes the flat base z to a swash bottom z.
quadricode
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As a temporary fix, you can do

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\newcommand&#123;\varv&#125;&#123;\ensuremath&#123;\textit&#123;v&#125;&#125;&#125;

which will give you "variant v" (hence \varv), so you can do

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\frac&#123;d\varv&#123;&#125;&#125;&#123;dt&#125;

for example.