Re: [help-texinfo] Bold and italized font in math mode

[sashatch]

If you want to mark a symbol with an arrow, you use \vec, e.g. $\vec A$.



Fritz Jetzek wrote:
> 
> I want to use bold math for letters denoting vectors. I thought that
> this is the common way to mark them but perhaps it's only common in the
> German (math-related) literature.
> 
> I can't see a straight alternative; e.g., marking vectors with a small
> right arrow on top of them does not seem to be much easier.
> 
> Fritz
> 
> On Thu, 2005-07-07 at 13:58 -0400, Karl Berry wrote:
>> Hi Fritz,
>> 
>> It's not a trivial question :(.
>> 
>>             Is there a way to use bold and italized fonts in texinfo
>> @math
>> 
>> You mean to get "bold math" as in LaTeX?  No, unfortunately, nothing
>> like that has ever been implemented for texinfo.tex.  (For that matter,
>> "bold italic" has never been implemented as a font style for regular
>> text, either.)
>> 
>> What is your document that you need bold math?  It wouldn't be
>> impossible to do, although I can't promise it instantly ...
>> 
>> Sorry,
>> Karl
> 
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