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Michael Alton Everest
Apr 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/1/99
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When putting a chemical formula, such as $\rm NH_3$, in the title of a
section in LaTeX it is not "emboldened" like the rest of the section
heading. Forcing it to be bold with $\bf NH_3$ works, but this isn't a
very portable solution. (I.e. will still be bold in toc, page headers,
etc.) Would there be a way to typeset a chemical formula such that it
will take on the text style of it's surrounding environment?
section in LaTeX it is not "emboldened" like the rest of the section
heading. Forcing it to be bold with $\bf NH_3$ works, but this isn't a
very portable solution. (I.e. will still be bold in toc, page headers,
etc.) Would there be a way to typeset a chemical formula such that it
will take on the text style of it's surrounding environment?
-Mike
mikus @ leland.stanford.edu
Daniel Duque Campayo
Apr 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/1/99
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Michael Alton Everest wrote:
>
> When putting a chemical formula, such as $\rm NH_3$, in the title of a
> section in LaTeX it is not "emboldened" like the rest of the section
> heading. Forcing it to be bold with $\bf NH_3$ works, but this isn't a
> very portable solution.
>
> When putting a chemical formula, such as $\rm NH_3$, in the title of a
> section in LaTeX it is not "emboldened" like the rest of the section
> heading. Forcing it to be bold with $\bf NH_3$ works, but this isn't a
> very portable solution.
Why don't you just type NH$_3$?
That's the way I type formulae:
--CH$_2$--CH$_2$--N$^+$(CH$_3$)$_3$
The "3" won't be in bold face type, I know but maybe that's ok.
Bye
Daniel
Donald Arseneau
Apr 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM4/1/99
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In article <3703BC78...@fluid3.fmc.uam.es>, Daniel Duque Campayo <dan...@fluid3.fmc.uam.es> writes...
>Michael Alton Everest wrote:
>> When putting a chemical formula, such as $\rm NH_3$, in the title of a
>> section in LaTeX it is not "emboldened" like the rest of the section
>Michael Alton Everest wrote:
>> When putting a chemical formula, such as $\rm NH_3$, in the title of a
>> section in LaTeX it is not "emboldened" like the rest of the section
I haven't got the original question yet, but for chemical literature,
and for most mathematical literature I'd argue, the section titles
should use \boldmath in addition to \bf.
\newcommand{\section}{\@startsection {section}{1}{\z@}%
{-3ex \@plus -1ex \@minus -.2ex}%
{2ex \@plus.2ex}%
{\normalfont\Large\sffamily\bfseries\boldmath\raggedright}}
Donald Arseneau as...@triumf.ca
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