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Oscar Rotava

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Dec 13, 2010, 9:12:23 AM12/13/10
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I started using memoir document class and I am getting the following
message:

TestMemoir.tex(161): Error: ! Class memoir Error: Font command \bf is
not supported.

What substitutes \bf then? Do I have to change from \bf to \textbf?

Marc Baudoin

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Dec 13, 2010, 9:18:09 AM12/13/10
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Yes, \bf is an old LaTeX 2.09 declaration and \textbf is its
LaTeX 2e equivalent command. LaTeX 2e has been around for 15
years now so I believe it's quite safe for you to use \textbf.

Lars Madsen

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Dec 13, 2010, 9:29:48 AM12/13/10
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and note that contrary to \bf \textbf takes arguments so

{\bf test} should be changed to \textbf{test}

the \bf, \it etc. commands from TeX does not commute and forces the user
to manually insert italic correction. The LaTeX versions does commute,
i.e. \textbf{\textit{test}} does give you bold italic ({\bf\it test}
does not)

It is possible to tell memoir to support \bf etc. But it is better not
to use them at all.

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Oscar Rotava

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Dec 13, 2010, 9:37:08 AM12/13/10
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Thank you pals.

Heiko Oberdiek

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Dec 13, 2010, 10:40:54 AM12/13/10
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Marc Baudoin <bab...@babafou.eu.org> wrote:

The argumentless declaration form is \bfseries, whereeas \textbf takes
one argument (the text to be set in boldface).

You can find a short description of the new commands in LaTeX2e
in `usrguide.pdf', e.g. "3.10 Font changing: text". More details
are revealed in `fntguide.pdf', e.g. "2 Text fonts".
Both are part of your LaTeX installation.

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Victor Ivrii

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Dec 14, 2010, 5:41:21 AM12/14/10
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either \textbf or \mathbf depending on the mode; the same is true for
\it \sf \frak ....

Actually memoir only enforces this but these commands should be used
in {article}, {report}, etc

HTH

Victor

Lars Madsen

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Dec 14, 2010, 5:50:16 AM12/14/10
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not that easy, in many cases you would replace {\bf x} in mathmode by
\bm{x} (\bm from the bm package) because this gives me italic bold, and
not upright bold.

In most cases {\bf text} should be replaced by \textbf{text}, in math
mode I would rethink the use of bold face in each case, Do I need a bold
math variable (\bm{x}) or do I actually need \mathbf{x}. I hardly ever
use \mathbf

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