lee@uhccux.UUCP (Greg Lee) (03/30/88)
When superscripts or subscripts appear in ordinary text, it would
be nice if they were bold-faced in the context {\bf ...}. But
the handling of superscripting and subscripting seems to be done
by TeX primitives, so I don't see how to arrange for this. Does
anyone know a way?
Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edudrstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip) (04/01/88)
sub and superscript fonts are controlled by the \scriptfont command.
Check the TeXbook on page 153 for details.
David Strip
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ihnp4------lanl-------unmvax--intvax--drstripjcb@its63b.ed.ac.uk (J Bradfield) (04/02/88)
In article <1711@uhccux.UUCP> lee@uhccux.UUCP (Greg Lee) writes: >When superscripts or subscripts appear in ordinary text, it would >be nice if they were bold-faced in the context {\bf ...}. But > ... The reason they aren't is because TeX sets \fam to -1 when maths mode is entered. You could get round it like this: \newcount\Fam \Fam=-1 \def\bf{\fam\bffam\Fam\fam\tenbf} \everymath{\fam\Fam} which will mean that letters and numbers will be bold in maths in {\bf ...}; if you want other symbols to be bold as well, you have to work harder; probably the easiest way is to do the above and also \font\tenbsy=cmbsy10\font\sevenbsy=cmbsy7\font\fivebsy=cmbsy5 \def\bf{\fam\bffam\Fam\fam\tenbf \textfont0=\tenbf\scriptfont0=\sevenbf\scriptscriptfont0=\fivebf \textfont2=\tenbsy\scriptfont2=\sevenbsy\scriptscriptfont2=\fivebsy} though you'll probably have to make cmbsy7 and cmbsy5 since they don't appear to be on the standard distribution.
lee@uhccux.UUCP (Greg Lee) (04/03/88)
In article <1711@uhccux.UUCP>, I asked:
" When superscripts or subscripts appear in ordinary text, it would
" be nice if they were bold-faced in the context {\bf ...}. But
" the handling of superscripting and subscripting seems to be done
" by TeX primitives, so I don't see how to arrange for this. Does
" anyone know a way?
Several people made very helpful suggestions. Thanks. Inasmuch as
I do not need to make math formulas into superscripts or subscripts,
the most straightforward solution appears to be:
\def\bf{\fam\bffam\scriptfont0=\sevenbf \tenbf}
Greg, lee@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu