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## Font changing: text

The font selection scheme used in LATEX2e differs a lot from that used in LATEX 2.09. In this section, we give a brief description of the new commands. A more detailed description with examples is given in The LaTeX Companion, and the interface for class- and package-writers is described in LaTeX2e Font Selection.

`\rmfamily`
`\sffamily`
`\ttfamily`
`\mdseries`
`\bfseries`
`\upshape`
`\itshape`
`\slshape`
`\scshape`

These are font commands whose use is the same as the commands `\rm`, `\bf`, etc. The difference is that each command changes just one attribute of the font (the attribute changed is part of the name). One result of this is that, for example, `\bfseries\itshape` produces both a change of series and a change of shape, to give a bold italic font.

`\textrm``{`<text>`}`
`\textsf``{`<text>`}`
`\texttt``{`<text>`}`
`\textmd``{`<text>`}`
`\textbf``{`<text>`}`
`\textup``{`<text>`}`
`\textit``{`<text>`}`
`\textsl``{`<text>`}`
`\textsc``{`<text>`}`
`\emph``{`<text>`}`

These are one-argument commands; they take as an argument the text which is to be typeset in the particular font. They also automatically insert italic corrections where appropriate; if you do not like the result, you can add an italic correction with `\/` or remove it with `\nocorr`. The `\nocorr` should always be the first or last thing within the `{`<text>`}` argument.

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