{bold} is specifically about making document elements bold (or removing this font attribute). For general questions about formatting document elements, use {formatting} instead.
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Bibliography style unsrt.bst - volume bold
I am using the unsrt.bst bibliography style. The only thing I need to change is the volume into bold.
I found this post Harvard agsm bibliography style no comma and bold volume and I changed
{ ...
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2answers
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Cannot get small caps acronyms to work using glossaries package
I've managed to get glossaries to set the acronyms in the body in small caps in the way I want, but in the list of acronyms they insist on coming out in lower-case.
Can anyone (a) tell me what I've ...
10
votes
1answer
336 views
Elegant way to make entire citation bold
Is it possible to make an entire reference appear bold in the references section when using BibTeX? I'm using the IEEE templates and .bst.
I found this related question, but is there a more elegant ...
4
votes
1answer
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Bold math inside of absolute value gives error
This code
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:test}
| \mathbf{v} |
\end{equation}
gives me the error:
ERROR: LaTeX Error: \mathbf allowed only in math mode.
--- TeX said ---
See the LaTeX manual or ...
4
votes
2answers
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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}
...
4
votes
1answer
521 views
Make bold header in moderncv
I'm getting some problems to modify moderncv to get the header bold. I would like to get bold address, phone number and email. Can you please tell me how can I do?
2
votes
1answer
232 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
533 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 ...
3
votes
1answer
355 views
PDF pages with color/gray-scale figures print with bold text
When including PDF and JPG images with either color or gray-scale in my pdflatex document everything appears perfect on screen. However, when I try to print on a color printer the text in these pages ...
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votes
2answers
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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
440 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 ...
5
votes
1answer
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too many math alphabets used in version bold (can't find a solution)
I know this is a common problem, but I searched for a solution and can't find one.
I tried to play with bmmax/hmmax but it does not help.
Below is the minimum part of the code to reproduce the ...
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votes
1answer
242 views
Problem using “-” inside \textbf
I hope you can help me with this. I have the following in my code:
\textbf{Legendre–Fenchel transformation}
The problem is that the - doesn't show up after compilation. Instead it comes out as ...
8
votes
3answers
452 views
How do I apply both \mathbf and \left to a \langle?
I want text surrounded by a bold-face \left\langle ... \right\rangle.
But when I use \mathbf or \pmb, I get errors, and when I use \bm, it doesn't seem to do anything.
Is there a command that does ...
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votes
3answers
995 views
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
2answers
235 views
How to make URL bold?
%url package
\usepackage{url}
%code that makes URL font the same
\newcommand{\urlwofont}[1]
{
\urlstyle{same}\url{#1}
}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8cm, ...
6
votes
1answer
281 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. ...
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votes
2answers
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standard order for bold+italic?
It's a small, small matter, but when something has to be made both bold and italic, is there any reason to prefer
\textbf{\textit{text}}
over
\textit{\textbf{text}}
?
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votes
5answers
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Faster way of writing \mathbf
Is there a quicker way of doing boldface in math mode instead of typing out \mathbf{} each time? (It gets cumbersome when you denote simple vectors with boldface...)
11
votes
1answer
672 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.
...
2
votes
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 ...
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votes
1answer
429 views
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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votes
3answers
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“Correct” way to bold/italicize text?
Is either of these considered better/more readable/more "proper"/more conventional than the other for making text bold? If so, what is the reason?
I like my text \textbf{bold}
versus:
I like my ...
2
votes
1answer
270 views
Latex Listing Format Error
I'm having some difficulty with getting the listings package to properly format code snippets. In particular, it does not consistently bold keywords and italicize comments.
The code I am currently ...
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vote
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
959 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 ...
0
votes
2answers
717 views
Caption package: bold numbering indents caption text - how to avoid that?
I ran across this problem and fail to find an answer even after thorough searching:
I use
\usepackage[bf]{caption}
in my LaTeX document, as I want the "Figure 1"-Part of the caption to appear ...
2
votes
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 ...
7
votes
1answer
546 views
\textbf inside a lemma
I have defined lemma and use it as follows:
\newtheorem{theorem}{Theorem}[section]
\newtheorem{lemma}[theorem]{Lemma}
...
\begin{lemma}
abc_\textbf{indice}
\end{lemma}
It turns out that the indice ...
1
vote
0answers
302 views
How do I prevent \includegraphics from rendering in bold in Acrobat? [closed]
I believe I'm seeing the same problem mentioned here, but just to summarize:
When I use \includegraphics for a PDF, any other text on that page is rendered in bold in Acrobat 9 if 2D hardware ...
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.
...
8
votes
2answers
3k views
Bold, italic math (\bm) and sansmath
I'm typesetting both text and math in Latin Modern, except for the figures, where I would like to use a sans serif font for both text and math.
I need to follow the ISO recommendations for math ...
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
720 views
Capital Sigma in bold mathrm
I want to write capital \Sigma in bold mathrm. I tried \boldsymbol{\mathrm{\Sigma}} but seems like this does not work. Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated. Thanks
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
175 views
Ledmac - suppresing bold in lemma note
I am typesetting my thesis, an edition of a Latin text with Spanish translation. Bible quotations in the main text are in bold letters. However, when I make a lemma footnote I do not want the bold ...
13
votes
4answers
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Using \ttfamily with \bfseries (or how to enable bold in fixed-width font)
I'm using listings package, and I've added basicstyle=\ttfamily\footnotesize. However, when I do that, the keywords from the embedded source-code are not bold anymore.
I figured that \ttfamily ...
6
votes
1answer
4k views
Figure: how to have “Figure 1.5” in bold
First of all, sorry if it's a nooby question. I'm fairly new to latex, and only know the basics right now. But I'm learning every day!
So... I'd like to have my figure captions with the word Figure ...
0
votes
0answers
124 views
Adding Figure makes current page bold [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why are some pages in my PDF coming out bold?
I seem to be having a bit of a weird problem with my Latex formatting. After adding a particular figure, everything on the ...
8
votes
2answers
1k views
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
689 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 ...
7
votes
2answers
2k views
Bold upright i-hat and j-hat for vector notation
I am trying to typeset a vector with i-hat and j-hat components:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\newcommand{\ihat}{\mathbf {\hat \imath}}
...
7
votes
2answers
2k views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
569 views
Acronym - Bold abbreviation without bold citation number
I am using the acronym package and let it create a footnote with the explanation on the first use of my abbreviation.
However, at some parts I am using \textbf{\ac{ISO-TP}} which also makes the ...
10
votes
5answers
5k views
Using bold/italic text inside listings?
How can I use bold text inside a code listing? I wanted to make some parts of the code bold.
3
votes
1answer
691 views
How to make all math equations bold by default?
I am using the bm package which provides the \bm command to boldify equations.
However, all my equations need to be bold, and I find using the \bm command tedious. Is there a way to make the ...
1
vote
1answer
4k views
How to bold math-mode characters? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Bold math symbols?
I am wondering if it is possible to bold characters under math-mode, for instance, is it possible to bold $\langle \rangle$?
0
votes
1answer
1k views
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 ...
5
votes
3answers
903 views
How to put \verb command inside of \textbf{} block?
It looks like you can't use \verb|...| inside of \textbf{...}. I tried the following:
\textbf{Be very careful when using \verb|-i| as it's destructive and it's not reversible!}
And got this error:
...
5
votes
3answers
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LaTeX enumerate - bold item with non-bold text
I'm trying to customize the environment enumerate where the \item is bold but the text is not bold. What I've tried is (at the suggestion of one of the google-results):
\let\origitem\item
...
