Questions tagged [bold]
{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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I am not able to write bold text. Please help!
I am a beginner in LaTeX and I have been using Textstudio as my main LaTeX editor for several weeks. My problem is that i am not able to write any bold characters.
\textbf will not work in this case....
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problems with boldsymbol and cmbright
Καλημέρα!
If I use the package cmbright the command \boldsymbol{} does not work for math symbols (e.g. <, +, 45), but only for letters.
What is the problem?
I don't remember the purpose that I ...
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XeLaTeX and pdflatex compatible code (problem with bold)
I am trying to use pdflatex and change the font to greek by using both XeLaTeX and pdflatex.
XeLaTeX works perfect and inside section title it uses bold selected font for greek. But pdflatex fails ...
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Make numbers in table bold without changing width [duplicate]
I tried to make some numbers in this table bold by \bf and \btext but then the table becomes very large.
How do I solve this? Thanks!
my code:
\documentclass[a4paper,oneside,titlepage,11pt]{article}...
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Latex Bold a specific word without type every times \textbf{…} [duplicate]
I wish to know is possible to set in bold a specific word without type every times \textbf{bold}. For example
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\textbf{dog}, cat,\textbf{dog}, cat,
\textbf{...
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How to bold the letter in equation in LateX effectively
Suppose I have an equation involve many letters:
\begin{equation}
\min \|S-A\|_F^2
\end{equation}
How can I bold the letter in equation, such as S and A in the equation. We can \bm{A}...
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How to make “fakebold” work on custom font?
I am including a special font for greek, but when I use it, the \textbf{} command does not result in bold letters. I have added a [FakeBold=3], but it has no effect. What's the problem?
\...
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Change Boldness of Certain Fonts
For some certain fonts, they have different level of "boldness". For example, Avenir Next has Ultra Light Light, Regular, Medium, Demi-Bold, Bold and Condensed Bold... Below is an example done by ...
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Beamer multilingual template: custom command white spaces problem
I have a problem with the following custom command on beamer multilingual template.
\newcommand{\boldlang}[2]{\lang{#1}{\textbf{#2}}}
\boldlang{it}{Text} \boldlang{en}{Text}
The output has added ...
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One specific author bold with IEEEtran.bst bibliography style
I would like to put 1 specific author in bold in my bibliography.
I need to use IEEEtran.bst bibliography style, but I couldn't find any example in the documentation (http://mirrors.rit.edu/CTAN/...
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Bold page number in list of figures and list of tables
I want to write page numbers with bold face in lot and lof. I am writing a PhD thesis and there is a thesis template. Relevant part of lof is as follows:
\renewcommand\listoffigures{
\vspace*{\...
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Why I got weird bold numbers and characters in reference lists?
I was working on writing using latex using \documentclass[twocolumn]{svjour3}.
I got wired bold numbers and characters. For example, I used bib.file import
\RequirePackage{fix-cm}
\documentclass[...
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bolding math and text simultaneously for commands
According to this link: Question about bolding math and text simultaneously, using
\boldmath{\bfseries{}}
simultaneously will make both math and text bold in an equation environment.
However, if ...
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Double bibliography and bold authors: 1) partial biblio with bold author 2) complete biblio with no bold author
in writing my PhD thesis, I would like LaTeX to produce two bibliographies as follows:
In the initial overview chapter I would like to produce a biblio that contains only the works authored by myself,...
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How do you use Bold Small Caps with the moderncv package?
Overleaf Version
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,sans]{moderncv} % Font sizes: 10, 11, or 12; paper sizes: a4paper, letterpaper, a5paper, legalpaper, executivepaper or landscape; font families: sans or ...
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Getting \boldmath to always change to a bold font when mathptmx is used
I found the question "Is there any way other than \pmb to produce bold greek letters when mathptmx is used?". Could somebody show how to make \boldmath always change to a bold font when mathptmx is ...
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\subsetneq in bold font
My tags are follows:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb}
\begin{document}
$\boldsymbol{\subsetneq}$
\end{document}
I got the symbol in roman only but I need in bold face, any ...
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vote
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Problem for bold symbol in math mode with iota [duplicate]
I am using \mathbf{} for include bold symbols in my equation. It works fine with all symbols with the exception of \iota. I tried to use equation environment and to exclude subindex. The following is ...
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A Single Command for Combining Text and Math?
I'm trying to add units to some quantities for my physics homework. Here's what I want:
Normal Text
Math Commands Allowed
All Bold
One command to accomplish the above
For example, if I want to write ...
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How to make a single letter in bold?
I want just the first letter of the word in bold, I used \textbf, but it doesn't work as you see below :
\item[\textbf{API \\}]
\item[ \hspace{5mm} \textbf{A}pplication \textbf{P}rogram
\...
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unicode-math + bold upright symbols + bold circumflex accent
My goal is to write a \unitvector command which produces bold upright symbols with a bold circumflex accent. Here's my MWE:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{unicode-math}
\...
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Selecting libertinus italic loads bold italic font
When using the libertinus font and compiling with xelatex, selecting the sans italic font with \textit causes the bold italic font to be loaded. Why?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{fontspec}
\...
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How to select the options of the caption package correctly? 'Figure' bold, but '(a)' and '(b)' not
this is my current choice of the options for the caption package:
\usepackage[labelfont={rm,md,bf},textfont={rm,md,sl}]{caption}
And the results is looking like this:
I would like to have 'Figure 5....
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Bold authors' names in reference list
I try to make the names of authors bold in my bibliography, and keep them normal (unbold) in the document body \cite{Smith2005Latex}. How can I do that?
\documentclass[a4paper,twoside,twocolumn,...
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How to make part of text boldface? [duplicate]
By a \bfseries{triangle},we mean a polygon of three sides.
All the string after {triangle} that is ,we mean a polygon of three sides. ,will all be bold faced,how to make just {triangle} be bold faced?...
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bold arrow in caption
I need to write in a caption $\overleftarrow{A}$ and make it bold, but when I compile I get the error
"illegal parameter number in definition of \reserved@a."
So to make it compile I use $\protect\...
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Change the normalfont to bold face in the caption of the List of Figures and Tables
I want Change the normalfont to bold face in the caption of the List of Figures and Tables.
My code:
\newpage
\listoftables*
\newpage
\begin{center}
\tableofcontents*
\end{center}
My list of ...
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1answer
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Change the style section and subsection of Table of Contents (toc)
I want to take the bold section and subsection of the TOC.
I use the class custom abtntex.
I use \tableofcontents*
My summary:
As I want:
https://www.overleaf.com/17776192vgbyvhnzxvkn (example ...
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Changing font took boldness from section and subsection titles
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{titlesec}
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{phv} % Arial
\renewcommand{\sfdefault}{phv} % Arial
\titleformat{\thesection}
{\normalfont\fontsize{12}{15}\bfseries}{\...
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Bold, upright greek symbol, \bm not working
I seem to have a problem.
My task is to transfer several scanned equations into TeX equations.
Now my greek symbols won't accept to stay upright and italicized. \bm is somehow not working at all, \...
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How to make Step ❶ [duplicate]
I like to know how to make figures/characters appear like this : Step ❶: in Latex. My focus is on ❶ , not Step.
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Conflict using \overset inside bold math
I'm trying to make a line of math symbols bold. I've been using \boldsymbol throughout my document to this end, but now I've stumbled with a problem. If I use \boldsymbol{\overset{\phi}{\to}} I get ...
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Make numbers in pgfplotstable bold without changing width
I wished to bold some numbers in a table I am showing with pgfplotstable.
The manual and this answer
suggest using
every row 2 column 1/.style={ %Row number just for example
postproc cell ...
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\bfseries does not work for CJK characters with \songti font in .cls file
I am modifying an existing thesis template.
In the .cls file, \bfseries does not work for CJK characters with \songti, \lishu, \heiti or other similar settings, but works for numbers, CJK characters ...
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Interference between `ragged2e` and `tcolorbox`: Additional spacing for centered bold text
When centering bold text in a tcolorbox using [halign upper=center], additional horizontal spacing occurs when the package ragged2e is loaded additionally.
I guess this is unintended behavior. – Is ...
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CJK Package to Type Bolded Japanese Texts
I want to produce a few Japanese sentences using CJK package. Also, I want to make some words bolded. Simply, I tried the following, but obviously, it does not work.
\documentclass{article}
\...
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Why is bold vectorization of “v”not working?
So I have the following setup in my preamble,
\def\ve#1{\mathchoice{\mbox{\boldmath$\displaystyle\bf#1$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\textstyle\bf#1$}}
{\mbox{\boldmath$\scriptstyle\bf#1$}}
{\mbox{\...
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description list (of math) with one item not in bold
I have a list of some math items, and I would like one not be bold, but next nonetheless. I.e. in this list I want FOOD and DOOD to be in regular text,
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
\begin{...
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How to unbold “Theorem”, “Corollary” and “Lemma” titles
I am using an article document class and I need to "unbold" all titles of theorems, corollaries, lemmas and remarks. How can I do this. Any Help?
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Bold Greek Letters [closed]
I am trying to make some words in greek bold, but no matter what I try fails. I use \usepackage[english,greek]{babel} because I need both greek and english in my paper and I also use \usepackage[utf8x]...
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Where is .bst file
I am new to this, so if I have left out any information please just let me know, I will fill it in if I can.
I am trying to get bold volume numbers in my bibliography, and it seems that the solution ...
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Computer Modern Bold SF has rounded corners
When experimenting with the Beamer class I noticed that when using the default SF font (which is Computer Modern AFAIK) in boldface the corners are rounded. It looks like completely different font. (...
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How can I create bold text within Latex? (\textbf not working)
I see the following errors:
LaTeX Font Info: Overwriting symbol font `operators' in version `bold'
(Font) OT1/cmr/bx/n --> OT1/lmr/bx/n on input line 26.
I just want text to ...
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Bold math symbol in caption
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage[font=bf]{caption}
\begin{document}
\listoffigures
\newpage
\begin{figure}[H]
\caption{Line plot of SE ...
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Why letters appear bold in equation?
I want to write out the following equations,
\begin{equation}
\bf{V} = F(\boldsymbol{\sigma}) + \bf{e}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\Delta \bf{V} \approx J \cdot \Delta \boldsymbol{\sigma}
\...
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How to make a name bold in a bibliography?
I'm tring to update my CV by using a .bib instead of writing everything. For that, everything's fine. But, I'd also like to highlight my name in every entry in the bibliography.
I am using plainrevyr....
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Forcing mathematical symbols in beamer frame headers to be bold
I am using a beamer theme with bold headers (namely, metropolis). It looks great... except when I have a formula in frame header, because mathematical symbols don't get bolded. I can force them using \...
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How to make bold letters in the answer choices?
How can I make all the 4 letters that indicate answer choices bold?
\documentclass[12pt,oneside,A4paper,final,leqno]{exam}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\renewcommand\...
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How to undo bold and italic text in braces?
Is there a command to nullify, override or cancel any font style in the text in braces?
Something like:
\nullifystyle{sample text: \textit{this should be not italic} and \textbf{this should be not ...
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How to print acronym with math environment bold in the index?
I have loaded the acronym package and added an mathenvironment into the options of \acronym. But now the acronym will not be printed bold into the listing of acronyms. How can I print it bold (only in ...
