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by Anymouse
Sun Jul 18, 2021 8:59 am
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: change \emph to bold, not italicize
Replies: 3
Views: 8385

change \emph to bold, not italicize

Thank you!

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\DeclareEmphSequence{\bfseries,\mdseries}
That does it nicely.

Doesn't work as expected when used inside \textbf{} where un-modified \emph does work inside \textit{} but I can live with that.
by Anymouse
Fri Jul 16, 2021 6:10 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: change \emph to bold, not italicize
Replies: 3
Views: 8385

change \emph to bold, not italicize

This works except for double-emph

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\let\emph\relax
\DeclareTextFontCommand{\emph}{\bfseries}
by Anymouse
Fri Jul 16, 2021 4:45 pm
Forum: Text Formatting
Topic: change \emph to bold, not italicize
Replies: 3
Views: 8385

change \emph to bold, not italicize

Apparently for some dyslexic users, italicized text can trigger their dyslexia (as can small-caps, serif fonts, and justified text) but bold text doesn't have the same issue.

Research is still ongoing but it seems many reading disabilities including but not exclusively dyslexia are triggered by ...
by Anymouse
Mon Jul 12, 2021 12:29 pm
Forum: General
Topic: stringstrings conflict
Replies: 1
Views: 2684

stringstrings conflict

Hi, when I try to load "stringstrings" I get an error:

----
! LaTeX Error: Command `\Angstrom' already defined.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type H <return> for immediate help.
...

l.915 ...Symbol{\Angstrom}{\mathord}{lettersA}{95}
----

When I type "H" no help ...
by Anymouse
Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:18 pm
Forum: Fonts & Character Sets
Topic: lower case sigma in LGR encoding
Replies: 1
Views: 5793

lower case sigma in LGR encoding

Found the answer.

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\textsigma{}
by Anymouse
Sat Jul 10, 2021 2:41 pm
Forum: Fonts & Character Sets
Topic: lower case sigma in LGR encoding
Replies: 1
Views: 5793

lower case sigma in LGR encoding

Hi - to typeset Greek letters and words in English document but outside context of math/science I am using the following:

\usepackage{substitutefont}
\substitutefont{LGR}{\rmdefault}{udidot}
\newcommand{\textgreek}[1]{\begingroup\fontencoding{LGR}\selectfont#1\endgroup}

Within my \textgreek ...
by Anymouse
Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:19 am
Forum: TeX Live and MacTeX
Topic: transfering install
Replies: 0
Views: 15460

transfering install

Hi - I suspect the answer to this is that it will work just fine but I just want to see of there are any gotchas.

Currently I use CentOS 7 with TeXLive installed in /usr/local/texlive

That directory is owned by user:group texlive:texlive so I just log in as that user to update or install the ...
by Anymouse
Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: use definition as an argument to another command
Replies: 5
Views: 6069

use definition as an argument to another command

Thank you! That worked
by Anymouse
Wed Jun 16, 2021 9:54 pm
Forum: General
Topic: use definition as an argument to another command
Replies: 5
Views: 6069

use definition as an argument to another command

Okay test case to show what should result:


\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\isbn}{978-1-56619-909-4}
\usepackage{ean13isbn}
\begin{document}
\EANisbn[ISBN=978-1-56619-909-4,SC5b]
\end{document}


Test case to show error when using definition within another:


\documentclass{article ...
by Anymouse
Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:52 pm
Forum: Fonts & Character Sets
Topic: Greek Diacritic Question
Replies: 1
Views: 5017

Greek Diacritic Question

Solved by trial and error

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\textgreek{<upokrit'hs}
Using a less-than causes the right breathing mark to be used.