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Text Style

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

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