How can I prevent LaTeX to modify the font after using /times?

Question

I've been struggling with the /times option in LaTeX. I'd like to use the '×' character, but since I can't write it "raw" in the text I have to use /times to write it. The problem is I want to output this :

Générer une grille de taille N×M :

But it outputs instead Générer une grille de taille N× M

here is the codes I tried :

\paragraph{Générer une grille de taille N{\times}M :}

and

\paragraph{Générer une grille de taille N\times M :}

but all of them result in my "M" being in italic and it changes its font and I don't know how to prevent that... Any solution ?

P.S. : I'm sorry if there are spelling mistake, I'm still learning english.

Answer 1

You should be able to use

N $ \times $ M