[texhax] Boldface

[Kevin Godby]

You could try something like this:

  \mbox{\boldmath\ensuremath{\mathcal{E}}}

Note that \mathbold should be used carefully:

  http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/help/tpl/textprocessing/teTeX/latex/latex2e-html/boldmath.html

To save some typing, I'd write a shortcut macro:

  \newcommand{\Evec}{\mbox{\boldmath\ensuremath{\mathcal{E}}}}

and use it like this:

  ``Our macro \Evec{} can be used in non-math mode or in math mode $\Evec$.''

--Kevin Godby


On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Prof. Sheila Prasad <prasad at ece.neu.edu> wrote:
> I am using \mathcal{E} to get a script E. I want it in boldface to
> indicate a vector. How do I get this?
> Sheila Prasad
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