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Dollar sign with txfonts and fontenc
I have a strange problem with the dollar sign ($) and \textbf{} when using the txfonts and fontenc packages. The dollar sign has a space after it. Both packages are required to reproduce the problem.
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0answers
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Babel shorthands has a problem with \bm package
Using the babel command \useshorthands{"} prevents \bm package to work normally.
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\useshorthands{"}
\usepackage{bm}
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4
votes
2answers
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Old style number, bold small caps, and Palatino
I'd like to be able to have all three of the following in my document:
the Palatino font
bold and small caps
old-style figures
I'm currently using mathpazo with the options [osf] to get 1 and 3, ...
1
vote
1answer
74 views
Making section headings bold and sans serif
I would like to make section headings bold and sans-serif (helvet package). I found a snippet that produces sans serif headings:
\renewcommand\section{\@startsection{section}{1}{\z@}%
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1
vote
1answer
99 views
How can I change the chapter title bold in the table of content?
I am using classicthesis package. I want to add boldface to the font of the chapter title in the table of content. In the FrontBackMatter/Contents file, I add the following code:
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2
votes
1answer
68 views
Overriding `\bfseries` and `\itshape` to do special things for certain families
My problem arises from trying to work around the issue described in question 26276: I want to use SizeFeatures to explicitly select another family for small sizes, but this causes bold / italic / etc. ...
3
votes
2answers
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MinionPro semibold/medium
After a day of struggle I managed to install the full family of MinionPro font on LaTeX.
After an hour of googling I cannot figure out how to use the medium (semibold) font. Ideally I would have ...
9
votes
1answer
221 views
Fake bold in LuaLaTeX
I am sometimes using a font that has no boldface, so I am wondering whether or not there is a way to use some fakebold-feature in LuaLaTeX.
The fontspec documentation explains a feature for XeLaTeX, ...
3
votes
1answer
93 views
Is there a bold italic \sigma and a sans serif bold italic \sigma?
And they look differently?
I'm trying to typeset iso conform (vectors bold italic and tensors sans serif bold italic).
Mechanical stress $\sigma$ is a tensor, but I also want to typeset the normal ...
2
votes
2answers
269 views
\ttfamily is too bold for me
I use the following settings for my listings:
\lstset{
%basicstyle=\ttfamily\tiny, % small
basicstyle=\ttfamily\scriptsize, % middle
}
But the font in the listings is too bold for me. I tried a ...
2
votes
1answer
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Bold font issue with uarial package [closed]
I am using uarial for typesetting my document in Arial, but I found that there's no bold font. How can I have a boldface font with the uarial package?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{uarial}
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3
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1answer
150 views
Using \scshape and \bfseries together
A very obvious one I suspect, but when I try to do the following the small caps are over-ruled by the boldface, so I get lowercase rhubarb rhubarb. Is there an easy way to get \scshape\bfseries?
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2
votes
1answer
215 views
Bold Greek letters in achemso
I'm having trouble producing a bold capital "Pi" while using the achemso document class. The only success that I've had is by using \bm{\Pi} which produces an ugly result akin to "poor man's bold", ...
5
votes
2answers
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article document class: remove boldface from all titles
My question relates to remove boldface from chapter titles, section and subsection names on removing boldface from chapter titles, section and subsection names, the difference being that I need to ...
4
votes
1answer
203 views
libertineotf and xelatex - bold smallcaps broken?
It seems like bold smallcaps don't work with libertineotf any longer? I am currently adjusting an old template which I was using with pdflatex, and I need those bold small caps:
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7
votes
1answer
619 views
Unbold subsubsection title
I'm rather new to LaTeX, I am trying to get my article class document set up so that the section font is 16 pt and bold, the subsection is 14 pt and bold and the subsubsection is 14 pt and not bold. I ...
7
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1answer
104 views
Wrong positioning of subscripts on bold math letters
I just noticed that for kpfonts and times (and probably other fonts since it does not seem to be font-related), the subscripts on boldface letters like V are (I would say) wrong. Is there an ...
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0answers
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Bold, Italic doesn't work with trebuchet font [closed]
I need to use trebuchet font. But bold and italic don't work.
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{trebuchet}
What I need to work?
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2answers
475 views
Which typewriter font fits to Linux Libertine and supports bold letters?
I'm thinking about using the Linux Libertine font (\usepackage{libertine}) in my next TeX documents. For listings with syntax highlighting I will need a typewriter font that supports boldface.
I ...
6
votes
2answers
235 views
How to typeset the name of a category?
I'm LaTeXing some category theory, and typeset the names of my categories in boldface (Set, Rel, ...). Since I might want to change that, I put
\newcommand{\catname}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
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5
votes
2answers
372 views
Bold mathematics in eulervm
The eulervm package documentation indicates that one should use \mathbold instead of \mathbf to produce bold maths.
Could one write \renewcommand{\mathbf}{\mathbold}? What are the side effects?
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vote
1answer
311 views
Can I make a greek letter extra-bold, e.g. make strokes 1.5 times as thick as \bm does, in math mode? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I get bold math symbols?
I would like to distinguish between a vector of betas and the individual betas
I want to use bold, rather than an error, to indicate ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
Italic/bold font in Lyx
I am using the latest version of lyx and I have selected a custom roman font in the settings menu in my document. I am using this font: http://www.fontspace.com/roger-white/oxford
The problem I am ...
6
votes
1answer
249 views
How to change text to bold when font does not support bold
I have a 100 page document, I used colored text many places to highlight with below command in my preamble
\newcommand\bluetext[1]{\textcolor{blue}{#1}}
its working great however did not realize at ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to bold just one word in a line
If I have a line of text, how do I make just the first word bold?
I tried this:
\bf{NTn} = Number of lines
but it made the entire line bold.
4
votes
2answers
281 views
How to disable oldstyle numerals in a boldface text in Linux Libertine?
This document compiles (in XeLaTeX), but the boldface numbers are set oldstyle. Why? How to use boldface lining digits with Linux Libertine?
\documentclass{article}
\RequirePackage{fontspec}
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2
votes
1answer
227 views
How to change the appeareance of bibliography item labels in amsrefs?
Assume that I'd like to set the item labels in the "references" list in amsrefs in, say, boldface (or in lining numbers - I have oldstyle numbers set throughout the document). I can do it in ...
4
votes
1answer
525 views
text gets slightly bold when adding graphics [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are some pages in my PDF coming out bold?
I have problem with text on the page with a graph, it gets slightly thicker. The text on the next page without graph is ...
6
votes
2answers
5k views
Bold sans-serif font in LaTeX
How can one format a chapter or section heading in bold using a sans-serif font? I tried \textsf{\textbf{bold sans-serif text}}, but it does not seem to work. Any idea?
5
votes
1answer
430 views
Customize the width of \widetilde on letters H, K, M, N, W, and X
For example either
$\widetilde{\bm{H}}$
or
$\widetilde{\boldsymbol{H}}$
would result rather huge tilde over the letter H, K, M, N, W, and X, please see the following alphabet:
I can ...
11
votes
3answers
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How can I redefine bold to mean “semi-bold”?
I'm using a type family that supports a semi-bold (sb) face, and I'd like to use that whenever \textbf is called for. How can I redefine \textbf to do this? Can I do it on a per family basis, or only ...
6
votes
1answer
279 views
Lighter version of sans serif typeface
I am using the Frutiger font as the sans serif font in my document. It is invoked by
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{pfr}
However this font is too bold for my taste. There is a ligher version available. ...
11
votes
1answer
662 views
Linux Libertine, libertineotf package and bold
Being interested by using the Linux Libertine font, I made some test with XeLaTeX and pdfLaTeX. My idea was to find a font that is suitable for use in xelatex, pdflatex and outside of any TeX flavour.
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vote
3answers
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Using \fontseries{b}\selectfont does not give me a bold face
I am trying to emulate the font below:
Apparently it can be done with:
\renewcommand*{\firstnamefont}{\fontsize{34}{36}\sffamily\mdseries\upshape}
This is from the moderncv package, more ...
7
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1answer
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How can one change an entire document to use bold font?
I see many posts in how to changes the font and font size, but none for changing the default font for a document to bold font. I believe this is called changing the font series. The approach in ...
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0answers
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LaTeX Ouputs PDF with one page entirely bold [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are some pages in my PDF coming out bold?
I have searched all over and cannot seem to find anyone else even mentioning this problem. I created a conference paper ...
4
votes
2answers
939 views
Automatically typeset math in section headings in bold-face
This question is motivated by a question asked me by a friend who is working on his thesis in mathematics. His section headings occasionally contain math, which:
he would like to be in boldface to ...
2
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0answers
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sansmath and boldmath--mutually exclusive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Make mathfont respect the surrounding family
This question is similar to the Bold, italic math (\bm) and sansmath question, but with a few more requirements.
I am ...
5
votes
3answers
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remove boldface from chapter titles, section and subsection names
How is it possible to remove the boldface from chapter titles, section and subsection names? I have found the following code for sections, but I can't find a way for chapters and subsections.
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5
votes
5answers
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A problem with \textsc
I started to write my CV in LaTeX. My document begins as
\documentclass[a4paper]{amsart}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[finnish]{babel}
\begin{document}
\begin{center}
{\large ...
6
votes
2answers
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How do I get babel to use the same typeface for regular and bold Hebrew text?
According to the babel package documentation (section 64), the default font used for Hebrew is Jerusalem which is a Metafont. Bold text is set in Dead Sea.
This results in weird looking text, such as ...
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votes
2answers
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Specify different fonts for bold and italic with fontspec
The main font I use for my LuaLaTeX document lacks bold and italic variants. I'd like to specify a different font for those variants using the fontspec package.
Initially what I had in my preamble ...
24
votes
4answers
685 views
Kerning between bold and non-bold text
I'd like to write a word in bold followed by a comma and a non-bold word, like this:
\textbf{why}, blah
If I just write why, TeX inserts a kern to shift the comma a little closer to the "y". But ...
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votes
2answers
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Level of “boldness” changeable?
In my document which I compile with pdflatex (Ubuntu 11.04 TeX Live package). I use the Sans Serif font. Some keywords should be printed bold. I use the {\bf text} construct for this.
However, the ...
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votes
1answer
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Set the “font-weight: lighter/ bolder”
I need to know how to set the "font-weight: lighter/ bolder"
font-weight: lighter/ bolder
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\begin{document}
\font\ta="Times New Roman":color=ff0000 ...
8
votes
5answers
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\textbf{text} without increasing the length of the text
When using \textbf{text}, the length of text will be increased. Is there a way to make the text bold face without increasing its length?
edit:
Thanks to @Herbert and @Martin, here is a perfect ...
7
votes
2answers
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LaTeX Calligraphic Script Bold
Does anyone know how to bold calligraphic \mathscr fonts in a math environment? I can get a fancy calligraphic font if I use \mathscr, but \boldsymbol does not work, nor does \mathbf. There is a hack ...
6
votes
2answers
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Is there any way other than \pmb to produce bold greek letters when mathptmx is used?
I know that mathptmx does not contain bold symbols for greek letters in math mode, and the result of \pmb is too ugly. Is there a way to specify LaTeX to use CM fonts for bold greek letters when ...
3
votes
1answer
420 views
OpenType Kerkis and bold Small Caps with greek
Kerkis font is an OpenType font that has Greek glyphs Small Caps both for regular and bold shapes. The names of the OTF files are KerkisSmallCaps.otf and KerkisSmallCaps-Bold.otf.
When I compile the ...
3
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1answer
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Overlaying caron and a vowel in boldface and italic styles
I found that a lovely typeface I wanted to use did not contain the graphs ǎ ě ǐ ǒ ǔ ǚ, which I need for Pinyin romanization in text mode. Discussion below takes ǎ as the example.
Using the graph ǎ ...
