How to display bold+italic font in math mode

[dhrubajyoti mukherjee]

Dear all,

Any idea on how to display bold+italic font in math mode.

Cheers,
Dhruba

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Dhrubajyoti Mukherjee
MS Research Scholar,
Structural Engg. Division,
Civil Engg. Department,
IIT Madras,Chennai.

[dhrubajyoti mukherjee]

I tried to use \mathbf command. But it distorts the normal math style.

[Peter Flynn]

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:21 AM, dhrubajyoti mukherjee <dhrubajyot...@gmail.com> wrote:

I tried to use \mathbf command. But it distorts the normal math style.

In what way? Can you post a minimal example that shows it distorting?

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:49 AM, dhrubajyoti mukherjee <dhrubajyot...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,

Any idea on how to display bold+italic font in math mode.

\(\mbox{\textbf{\textit{abc}}}def\)

But if you want math spacing, you'll need a special bold math italic font, if such a thing exists.

///Peter

[Edgar Fuentes]

Hi,

Can try with the \boldsymbol command ,available in the amsmath
package.

regards,
Edgar Fuentes
On Mar 24, 1:19 am, dhrubajyoti mukherjee

[dhrubajyoti mukherjee]

Thanks Edgar for the info

Cheers,
Dhruba