The following type style commands are supported by LaTeX. Note that LaTeX2e differs on this point, having instead a Font Selection scheme, but the following should still work (certainly in 2.09 mode).
\rm
Roman.
\it
Italics.
\em
Emphasis
(toggles between \it
and \rm
).
\emph
(LaTeX2e emphasis command)
\bf
Boldface.
\sl
Slanted.
\sf
Sans serif.
\sc
Small caps.
\tt
Typewriter.
\boldmath
and \unboldmath
(affects math mode fonts only)
These are LaTeX delcarations (with the exception of
\emph
),
i.e., they do not act on an argument, but change the way LaTeX prints the
following text. The scope of a declaration is ended by a right
brace (}
) or an \end{}
command whose matching
left brace ({
) or \begin{}
precedes the declaration.
Thus, for a short piece of italics or bold-face text one would use
This is {\it italics} and this is {\bf in boldface}.which would be set as "This is italics and this is in boldface.
In LaTeX2e the
\emph
command is considered more
suitable for short stretches of emphasized text. A typical use would be
This is \emph{emphasized text}.