Text Style
The following commands allow you to change the text style:
textbf{text} write text in bold.
textit{text} write text in italics.
textsc{text} set text in small caps.
textrm{text} use the Roman font
textsf{text} use the Sans serif font
Font size
LaTeX also has commands to change the size of the characters, that is to say the font size:
tiny
scriptsize
footnotesize
small
ormalsize
large
Large
LARGE
huge
Huge
Layout
It is also possible to force the layout of the document using line breaks, page breaks and spacing commands:
Example:
ewpage allows you to start a new page
hspace{size} add an horizontal space
vspace{size} add a vertical space
Where size can be expressed in mm or cm.
Note that: The space created can be a compressed by LaTeX to fit in the overall layout. It you don't want LaTex to compress the empty space, add an asterisk to the command:
vspace*{7mm}
Text presentation
The presentation of the text can also be enhanced through the itemize, enumerate and description environments. The following examples demonstrate their use:
The above code gives the following result:
Text Color
It is possible to assign a color to the text using the color (usepackage{color}) environment.
textcolor{color}{text} assign a specific color to text.
assign a specific color to text. colorbox{color}{text} displays text on a colored background.
displays text on a colored background. fcolorbox{color of border}{background color}{text} creates a frame around the colored background.
creates a frame around the colored background. pagecolor{color} assigns a background color to the page.
LaTeX offers eight preset colors:
black
white
red
green
blue
cyan
magenta
yellow
New colors can be set using the following commands:
definecolor{name of new color}{rgb}{red value, green value, blue value}
definecolor{cmyk}{cyan, magenta, yellow, black}) :
Examples of colors:
definecolor{rltred}{rgb}{0.75,0,0} definecolor{rltgreen}{rgb}{0,0.5,0} definecolor{oneblue}{rgb}{0,0,0.75} definecolor{brown}{rgb}{0.64,0.16,0.16} definecolor{forestgreen}{rgb}{0.13,0.54,0.13} definecolor{purple}{rgb}{0.62,0.12,0.94} definecolor{dockerblue}{rgb}{0.11,0.56,0.98} definecolor{freeblue}{rgb}{0.25,0.41,0.88} definecolor{myblue}{rgb}{0,0.2,0.4}
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