Re: "Negative" font switches

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 11:17 PM 1/26/01 +0100, you wrote:
>> 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 ...)

there is always \tf to return to the normal font shape

Hans

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