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How to get upright parentheses in the whole document?
My question is, basically, the same as the one in Upright parentheses in italic text: how do I force all parentheses in my document to be upright, without replacing them with some commands "by hand"?
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Italics emphasis and punctuation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Should I include punctuation marks in \emph, or should I place those marks after the command?
When emphasizing the last part of a sentence by making it italic, is it ...
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When should an italic font be used for newly-defined terms? [closed]
Let's say I'm writing a paper. In the introduction, I use some term informally, and then later in the text give an exact definition. Intuitively, I would use normal font for the informal uses in the ...
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Formatting of coordinates?
In case I want to describe the pixels of a picture with cartesian coordinates, how would I properly typeset the coordinates?
Is p_\mathrm{x}, p_\mathrm{y} correct or rather c_x, c_y?
x and y represent ...
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dot's shape of the italic abbreviation words
I want to write
thief (pl. thieves)
Which is correct, the
\textbf{thief} (\textit{pl.} thieves)
or the
\textbf{thief} (\textit{pl}. thieves)
?
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Should subscripts in math mode be upright?
In one-letter subscripts, like $x_i$, the subscript is usually typeset italic.
Is this the typographically right thing to do?
Consider this case:
The Boltzmann constant is often written as $k_B$, ...
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Upright parentheses in italic text
This question led to a new package:
embrac
Bringhurst, in Elements of Typographic Style, recommends to use upright parentheses in italic text (i.e., write 'a (simple) example' as opposed to 'a ...
