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Re: Boldface greek letters....How to?

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From: Joe Petrolito
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 00:22
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Wolfgang Ratzka <wolfgang.ratzka@rphs1.physik.uni-regensburg.de> writes:

>In LaTeX I use (Warning, Poor Man's bold is not very pretty)

You don't need to do this! Try this:
\font\bgreek=cmmib10 % bold symbols at 10 pt (see p430 of TeXbook for font)
\def\balpha{\hbox{\bgreek\char`013}} % gives a bold alpha, etc.
Now you can say $$x = \balpha$$.
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Subject: Re: Boldface greek letters....How to?
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