A {slanted} font, in TeX terminology, is one that is sloped from the vertical, but the letters in the font have the same shape as the ordinary {roman}.
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What is the difference between italics and slanted text?
As I understand, LaTeX supports both via \textit and \textsl respectively, but what is the difference between the two?
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Is there a theorem style with slanted headfont?
I would like to create a theorem style with slanted text in heads. What's the way?
I tried with the thmtools package by
\declaretheoremstyle[headfont=\textsl]{slantedhead}
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Italic small caps in urw-garamond?
I'm using the urw-garamond mathdesign package, which doesn't support italic small-caps. Is there a decent substitute I can use? I've tried the slantsc package with no luck.
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Macro to be used in a \section command that has no effect in the table of contents
I need a macro that is executed only in the main document (within a section title) and then disappears (for the table of contents).
A minimal example where this occurs is this:
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How to use italic correction for slanted letters (\textsl)?
Is there italic correction specific to slanted letters (\textsl)? I always use \textsl for slanted letters (not \slshape), so would redefining \slshape to add an \/ at the end be the easiest way of ...
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How to get both usual text as well as all mathematical symbols in slanted? [duplicate]
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Make mathfont respect the surrounding family
I have text in slanted, but I would like to get the math symbols in between also in slanted. (To be precise, with the ...
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Is testing f@shape considered best practice method for reliably detecting italic and slant modes?
Subject says it all.
Is testing f@shape the cleanest, clearest, simplest, most reliable way to check for italic and slant modes? e.g.:
\ifthenelse{\equal{\f@shape}{sl}}{italic}{not italic}
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How to make a slanted vertical bar?
I'm stumped on this. I would like to make a slanted (and italic) vertical bar in the middle of some regular text.
If I use $|$, it comes out literally vertical regardless of style, since it's a math ...
