From: Aditya Mahajan <adityam@umich.edu>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Using backslash in chapter title.
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 20:23:45 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1307282021290.18563@nqv-guvaxcnq> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20130728191131.2475e3d9@wexfordpress>
On Sun, 28 Jul 2013, john Culleton wrote:
> Using MKIV and MyriadProBold for my sanserif font I have the following
> chapter title:
> "Can You Type \bye?"
> which I type as
> \chapter{Can You type \backslash bye?}
>
> The slash appears but a bit low and much too thin. I have tried
> various games including creating a special font just for this
> character but nothing changes. the \backslash command seems
> invulnerable to change. Is there a way in MKIV to express a backslash
> in another way (bigger and bolder)?
\backslash is a math mode command. For text backslash, use \textbackslash
or \letterbackslash. You can also try
\chapter{Can you type \tex{bye}?}
Aditya
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2013-07-28 23:11 john Culleton
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