miker@wjvax.UUCP (Michael Ryan) (06/17/88)
the swank , but viciously terse, troff and -ms
documentation available to me has me at a loss. the problem ? bold italics.
at the beginning of paragraphs in the -ms document the key phrase is in
bold italics. at the tops of columns in the nroff/troff user's manual
voila! bold italics. they explain these are created using '.bd.'
to obtain bold italics one must use a construct '.bd I N' , N being the
level of enboldening. '.bd I' should turn off enboldening. the caveat ?
yes, 'The mode must be still or again in effect when the characters are
physically printed.' what ? oh I get it , but I can't get it to work.
I either get all bold italics, even after I believe I have stopped enboldening,
or I get no bold italics at all.
frustrated and tired , I am asking for some examples of working
bold italics.
I will gladly post a summary to comp.unix.wizards.
thanks,
michael
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* above views are not necessarily those of Watkins-Johnson Co.bicker@hoqax.UUCP (The Resource, Poet of Quality) (06/21/88)
In article <1297@wjvax.UUCP>, miker@wjvax.UUCP (Michael Ryan) writes: | to obtain bold italics one must use a construct '.bd I N' , N being the | level of enboldening. '.bd I' should turn off enboldening. the caveat ? | yes, 'The mode must be still or again in effect when the characters are | physically printed.' what ? oh I get it , but I can't get it to work. | I either get all bold italics, even after I believe I have stopped enboldening, | or I get no bold italics at all. | | frustrated and tired , I am asking for some examples of working | bold italics. First, please post the problem. Post a section of the text and codes you are putting into troff. .bd I 3 .ce Hi there .br .bd I should work. -- /kohn/brian.c AT&T Bell Laboratories Semantic Engineering Center The Resource, Poet of Quality ...ihnp4!hoqam!bicker (201) 949-5850 "It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." - Wm. Ralph Inge, D.D.
haugj@pigs.UUCP (The Beach Bum) (06/22/88)
Ok, I must admit I've not tried this but it takes too long to download the fonts to the LaserJet. Have you tried mounting the italic font in two different positions and emboldening only one of them? This should result in Roman, Bold Roman, Italic, and Bold Italic where the ``Special'' font used to be. - John. -- The Beach Bum Big "D" Home for Wayward Hackers UUCP: ...!killer!rpp386!jfh jfh@rpp386.uucp :SMAILERS "You are in a twisty little maze of UUCP connections, all alike" -- fortune