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On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 11:37:40PM -0400, Bruce D'Arcus wrote:
> 
> Can someone please tell me how I ought to define a subtitle command?  
> If I do this...
> 
> \def\subtitle{\switchtobodyfont[14pt,ss]\it}
> 
> and then invoke it with \subtitle{A Subtitle}
> 
> ...I get all subsequent text with the font I've switched to...

\def\subtitle#1{{\switchtobodyfont[14pt,ss] #1}}

Think about \def that it eats the {}, the {} after \def just tell what
the definition is. You must also pass the argument of the macro to the
``inner'' group.

D.A.