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The PracT X Journal E TPJ 2006 No 01, 2006-02-01 Article revision 2006/02/15 A Font selection in L T X: E The most frequently asked questions Walter Schmidt Abstract This article tries to answer the three most popular questions regarding font A selection in L T X. Rather than providing ready-made answers, it tries pri- E marily to provide some guidance through the existing documentation. 1 Basic commands A Having read any L T X introduction of your choice (for instance, [1]), you should E be familiar with the basic commands for font selection. To start with, let’s sum- marize them once again. The following declarations let you choose between three pre-defined font fam- ilies: \rmfamily selects a roman (i.e., serifed) font family \sffamily selects a sans serif font family \ttfamily selects a monospaced (“typewriter”) font family Within each font family, the following declarations select the “series” (i.e., dark- ness or stroke width), \mdseries regular \bfseries bold and the “shape” (i.e., the form of the letters): \upshape upright \slshape slanted \itshape italic \scshape Caps and Small Caps These commands are “declarations”, i.e., they remain in effect until the end of the current group or environment. For each declaration there exists a text- generating command as a counterpart; it typesets only its argument in the de- sired style, e.g., \textsf corresponds to \sffamily. See, e.g., [1], chapter 3.1 and appendix C.15.1. Family, series and shape can be combined, e.g., \bfseries\itshape results in bold italic type. Notice, however, that not every possible combination is require