2.10 Emphasized Words
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Emphasized Words
If a text is typed using a typewriter, important words are emphasized by underlining them. \underline{text}
In printed books, however, words are emphasized by typesetting them in an italic font. As an author you shouldn’t care either way. The important bit is, to tell LATEX that a praticular bit of text is important and should be emphasized. Hence the command \emph{text}
to emphasize text. What the command actually does with its argument depends on the context: \emph{If you use emphasizing inside a piece of emphasized text, then \LaTeX{} uses the \emph{normal} font for emphasizing.}
If you use emphasizing inside a piece of emphasized text, then LATEX uses the normal font for emphasizing.
If you want control over font and font size, section 6.2 on page 123 might provide some inspiration.
2.11
Environments
\begin{environment}
text
\end{environment}
Where environment is the name of the environment. Environments can be nested within each other as long as the correct nesting order is maintained. \begin{aaa}...\begin{bbb}...\end{bbb}...\end{aaa} In the following sections all important environments are explained.
2.11.1
Itemize, Enumerate, and Description
The itemize environment is suitable for simple lists, the enumerate environment for enumerated lists, and the description environment for descriptions.