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Re: Math mode inside \bf

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From: Timothy Murphy
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1992 01:02
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pierre.darmon%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Pierre Darmon) writes:

>If I type:
>              The triangle $ABC$

>ABC will come out in italics as expected.
>But now if this appears in a section title, i.e. as:

>           {\bf The triangle $ABC$}

>"The triangle" will be in boldface but "ABC" will still be in italics.
>What can I do to have math mode detect it is used when \bf is active and
>use bold-italics instead? 

If you use the New Font Selection Scheme (NFSS)
you can just say \mathversion{bold} as eg

{\bf \mathversion{bold} The triangle $ABC$}

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Timothy Murphy  
e-mail: tim@maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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From: tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy)
Subject: Re: Math mode inside \bf
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