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text="#000000"><div style="font-size: 12px;font-family: Lucida Sans;">So
how would it work with bold greek?<br>When I tried this I get an error
until I insert \hboxes<br><br><span><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Laurence.Finston@gmx.net">Laurence.Finston@gmx.net</a> a écrit le
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style="font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;"><div>> Can't one
design a setting working like \bf or \it ?</div>
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<div>Sure. This is how \bf is defined in plain.tex:</div>
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<div>\newfam\bffam \def\bf{\fam\bffam\tenbf} % \bf is family 6<br>
\textfont\bffam=\tenbf \scriptfont\bffam=\sevenbf<br>
\scriptscriptfont\bffam=\fivebf</div>
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<div style="margin:0 0 10px 0;"><b>Gesendet:</b> Sonntag, 27. August
2023 um 11:41 Uhr<br>
<b>Von:</b> "Gérald Tenenbaum" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:gerald.tenenbaum@univ-lorraine.fr"><gerald.tenenbaum@univ-lorraine.fr></a><br>
<b>An:</b> "Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute)"
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:P.Taylor@Hellenic-Institute.Uk"><P.Taylor@Hellenic-Institute.Uk></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> "Eplain" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tex-eplain@tug.org"><tex-eplain@tug.org></a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [tex-eplain] boldface greek symbols</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12.0px;font-family: Lucida Sans;">Thanks.<br>
Yes it suffices, but I also need these boldface letters in subscripts.<br>
I am puzzled by the necessity of using \hbox. Can't one design a setting
working like \bf or \it ?<br>
Regards,<br>
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Gérald<br>
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<span>Philip Taylor (Hellenic Institute) a écrit le 27/8/23 à 11:21 :</span>
<blockquote><div class="moz-cite-prefix">You don't appear to be using <tt><font
size="+1">\gpfam</font></tt>, Gérald — will not the following suffice ?</div>
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<tt>\font \tengp = cmmib10</tt><br>
<tt>\def \gp {\textfont 1 = \tengp}</tt><br>
<tt>\def \gth {\hbox {$\gp \vartheta $}}</tt><br>
<tt>$\gth \neq \vartheta $</tt><br>
<tt>\end</tt></p>
<p>--<br>
<i>Philip Taylor</i></p></blockquote>
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