Text Style
Published on 30 Nov 2007Tags #LaTeX
The following commands will alter the appearance of your text.
Types:
| Name | Command | Declaration |
|---|---|---|
| roman | \textrm{Text} | \rmfamily |
| sansserif | \textsf{Text} | \sffamily |
| typewriter | \texttt{Text} | \ttfamily |
| medium | \textmd{Text} | \mkseries |
| bold | \textbf{Text} | \bfseries |
| upright | textup{Text} | \upshape |
| italic | \textit{Text} | \itshape |
| slanted | \textsl{Text} | \slshape |
| small caps | \textsc{Text} | \scshape |
| emphasized | \emph{Text} | \em |
| document font | \textnormal{Text} | \normalfont |
Sizes declarations:
\tiny
\scriptsize
\footnotesize
\small
\normalsize
\large
\Large
\LARGE
\huge
\huge
Notes
Any of the above declarations changes the font in the current context. You will have to enclose it in curly brackets to limit the effect:
normal text
{\Large Large text}
normal text
See also Fonts
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