cameron@elecvax.UUCP (03/10/87)
>From: peterm@cadvaxoz.eecs.unsw.oz (Peter Maxwell) >Subject: font changes in tbl > >Here is an undocumented (at least in the documents I have) feature of tbl. >In the format specification, if you use the letter "f" for font >specification, tbl actually looks for TWO characters. Thus "fBI" really >does give bold italics. However, it means the following example crashes, >with mysterious messages about being unable to scan over such and such... > >center; >lfB lfB. >data To quote from "Tbl - A Program to Format Tables" by M.E.Lesk, 1979: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some additional features of the key-letter system: : [a few paragraphs] : Font changes - A key letter may be followed by a string containing a font name or number preceded by the letter f or F. This indicates that the corresponding column should be in a differ font from the default font (usually Roman). All font names are one or two letters; a one-letter font name should be separated from whatever follows by a space or a tab... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Cameron Simpson