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On Tuesday, September 10, 2002, at 04:24 AM, David Antos wrote:

> 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.
>

Thank you!  And what if I want to first define the command "subtitle" 
so that I can then use \setuphead{subtitle}.  Is that the better 
approach?  And if yes, how do I do that?

Bruce