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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label 2letterfontcmd</title>
</head><body>
-<h3>What&rsquo;s wrong with <code>\</code><code>bf</code>, <code>\</code><code>it</code>, etc.?</h3>
+<h3>What&#8217;s wrong with <code>\</code><code>bf</code>, <code>\</code><code>it</code>, etc.?</h3>
<p/>The font-selection commands of LaTeX 2.09 were <code>\</code><code>rm</code>, <code>\</code><code>sf</code>,
<code>\</code><code>tt</code>, <code>\</code><code>it</code>, <code>\</code><code>sl</code>, <code>\</code><code>em</code> and <code>\</code><code>bf</code>; they were modal
commands, so you used them as:
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ LaTeX2e font selections with the old style commands:
</blockquote><p>
ignores the <code>\</code><code>textbf</code> that encloses the text, and produces
typewriter text at medium weight.
-<p/>So why are these commands deprecated? &mdash; it is because of confusions
+<p/>So why are these commands deprecated? &#8212; it is because of confusions
such as that in the last example. The alternative (LaTeX2e)
commands are discussed in the rest of this answer.
-<p/>LaTeX2e&rsquo;s font commands come in two forms: modal commands and
+<p/>LaTeX2e&#8217;s font commands come in two forms: modal commands and
text-block commands. The default set of modal commands offers weights
<code>\</code><code>mdseries</code> and <code>\</code><code>bfseries</code>, shapes <code>\</code><code>upshape</code>,
<code>\</code><code>itshape</code>, <code>\</code><code>scshape</code> and <code>\</code><code>slshape</code>, and families
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ in the default Computer Modern fonts), or
</pre>
</blockquote><p>
(note the italic correction needed on slanted fonts, too).
-<p/>LaTeX2e&rsquo;s text block commands take the first two letters of the
+<p/>LaTeX2e&#8217;s text block commands take the first two letters of the
modal commands, and form a <code>\</code><code>text</code><em><code>xx</em></code> command from
them. Thus <code>\</code><code>bfseries</code> becomes <code>\</code><code>textbf{</code><em>text</em><code>}</code>,
<code>\</code><code>itshape</code> becomes <code>\</code><code>textit{</code><em>text</em><code>}</code>, and <code>\</code><code>ttfamily</code>
@@ -98,19 +98,19 @@ for a bold slanted instance of the current family (note the italic
correction applied at the end of the modal command group, again).
<p/>The new commands (as noted above) override commands of the same type.
In almost all cases, this merely excludes ludicrous ideas such as
-&ldquo;upright slanted&rdquo; fonts, or &ldquo;teletype roman&rdquo; fonts. There are a
+&#8220;upright slanted&#8221; fonts, or &#8220;teletype roman&#8221; fonts. There are a
couple of immediate oddities, though. The first is the conflict
between <code>\</code><code>itshape</code> (or <code>\</code><code>slshape</code>) and <code>\</code><code>scshape</code>: while many
claim that an italic small-caps font is typographically unsound, such
-fonts do exist. Daniel Taupin&rsquo;s <i>smallcap</i> package enables
+fonts do exist. Daniel Taupin&#8217;s <i>smallcap</i> package enables
use of the instances in the <a href="FAQ-ECfonts.html">EC fonts</a>, and
similar techniques could be brought to bear on many other font sets.
The second is the conflict between <code>\</code><code>upshape</code> and <code>\</code><code>itshape</code>:
Knuth actually offers an upright-italic font which LaTeX uses for
-the &ldquo;&pound;&rdquo; symbol in the default font set. The combination is
-sufficiently weird that, while there&rsquo;s a defined font shape, no
+the &#8220;&#163;&#8221; symbol in the default font set. The combination is
+sufficiently weird that, while there&#8217;s a defined font shape, no
default LaTeX commands exist; to use the shape, the (eccentric) user
-needs LaTeX&rsquo;s simplest font selection commands:
+needs LaTeX&#8217;s simplest font selection commands:
<blockquote>
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