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Subject: Re: "Negative" font switches
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> Giuseppe Bilotta <oblomov@freemail.it> writes:
>
> > Hello, one more request: I would like to see some font switches that act by
> > "nullifying" other switches. An example would explain better:
> >
> > {\bf Some bold {\nobf and some not bold} text}
> >
> > should be equivalent to
> >
> > {\bf Some bold} and some not bold {\bf text}
>
> Could you give a concrete example of a situation where the "\nobf"
> method is easier or clearer than the second method?
>

No. I see your point: it would always be possible to say

{\local setups {\bf Some bold} and some not bold {\bf more bold}}

Ok, maybe it's not needed after all. (Unless I can think of something in the
future ...)

Giuseppe Bilotta