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Styles
The following type style commands are supported by LaTeX. Note
that LaTeX2e differs on this point,
having instead a Font Selection scheme,
but the following should still work (certainly in 2.09 mode).
These are LaTeX
delcarations (with the exception of
\emph),
i.e., they do not act on an argument, but change the way LaTeX prints the
following text. The scope of a declaration is ended by a right
brace (}) or an \end{} command whose matching
left brace ({) or \begin{} precedes the declaration.
Thus, for a short piece of italics or bold-face text one would use
This is {\it italics} and this is {\bf in boldface}.
which would be set as "This is italics and this is
in boldface.
In LaTeX2e the
\emph command is considered more
suitable for short stretches of emphasized text. A typical use would be
This is \emph{emphasized text}.
See also Typeface Sizes
LaTeX2e Font Selection
See also Math fonts and styles
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Revised: Sheldon Green, 19 May 1995.