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TraditionalForm seems not to be working properly on Mathematica 11.3 when used in Graph. The following MWE

edges = {1 \[UndirectedEdge] 2};
GraphicsRow[{Graph[edges, VertexLabels -> ρ,
   VertexLabelStyle -> Directive["StandardForm", 30]],
  Graph[edges, VertexLabels -> ρ, 
   VertexLabelStyle -> Directive["TraditionalForm", 30]], 
  Graph[edges, VertexLabels -> ρ, 
   VertexLabelStyle -> Directive["DisplayForm", 30]]}]

Produces the following output (I'm putting StandardForm for comparison)

graph

However, when I do

TraditionalForm[ρ]

The character output is that in the left image of the character description.

Then, I began to wonder, is it possible to use characters in TraditionalForm inside Graphs?

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  • $\begingroup$ Should this work? "TraditionalForm" is not a graphics directive. $\endgroup$
    – Jason B.
    Jun 25 '19 at 15:55
  • $\begingroup$ Thank you for the answer. I think it should, since for instance "StandardForm" does work. I have updated the question to show this. $\endgroup$
    – Alex
    Jun 25 '19 at 16:06
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When you put "StandardForm" or "TraditionalForm" inside the directive, it's using them as named styles, not as StandardForm or TraditionalForm.

The reason they look different, is because "StandardForm" (as a style) includes a specific font, while "TraditionalForm" doesn't:

In[122]:= Lookup[
 CurrentValue[{StyleDefinitions, "StandardForm"}], FontFamily]

Out[122]= "Source Code Pro"

In[121]:= Lookup[
 CurrentValue[{StyleDefinitions, "TraditionalForm"}], FontFamily]

Out[121]= Missing["KeyAbsent", FontFamily]

(Note that the font for "StandardForm" is actually a dynamic value; I hacked in what it looks like for me.)

This is why 

Style[TraditionalForm[Sin[x]], FontFamily -> "Comic Sans MS"]

will show up in Comic Sans, while 

Style[StandardForm[Sin[x]], FontFamily -> "Comic Sans MS"]

won't:

enter image description here

What "form" is used for the labels is determined by the FormatType option, using the default font for text in graphics:

Graph[{1 -> 2}, VertexLabels -> {1 -> x^2, 2 -> Sqrt[x]}, FormatType -> TraditionalForm]
Graph[{1 -> 2}, VertexLabels -> {1 -> x^2, 2 -> Sqrt[x]}, FormatType -> StandardForm]
Graph[{1 -> 2}, VertexLabels -> {1 -> x^2, 2 -> Sqrt[x]}, FormatType -> InputForm]

enter image description here

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It seems that Graph doesn't propagate the FormatType to the InsetBox objects used to typeset the labels. You can workaround this by including the right FontFamily explicitly:

Graph[
    {1 \[UndirectedEdge] 2},
    VertexLabels -> ρ, 
    VertexLabelStyle -> Directive[FontFamily->"Times", "TraditionalForm", 30]
]

enter image description here

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