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@@ -132,20 +132,73 @@ One-letter backslash escape. See .Xr mandoc_char 7 for a complete list. -.Ss Text Decoration -Terms may be text-decorated using the -.Sq \ef -escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I (italic), R (regular), or P -(revert to previous mode). -A numerical representation 3, 2, or 1 (bold, italic, and regular, -respectively) may be used instead. -The indicator or numerical representative may be preceded by C -(constant-width), which is ignored. -.Pp -The two-character indicator -.Sq BI -requests a font that is both bold and italic. -It may not be portable to old roff implementations. +.Ss Font Selection +In +.Xr mdoc 7 +and +.Xr man 7 +documents, fonts are usually selected with macros. +The +.Ic \ef +escape sequence and the +.Ic \&ft +request can be used to manually change the font, +but this is not recommended in +.Xr mdoc 7 +documents. +Such manual font changes are overridden by many subsequent macros. +.Pp +The following fonts are supported: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width CW -offset indent -compact +.It Cm B +Bold font. +.It Cm BI +A font that is both bold and italic. +.It Cm CB +Bold constant width font. +Same as +.Cm B +in terminal output. +.It Cm CI +Italic constant width font. +Same as +.Cm I +in terminal output. +.It Cm CR +Regular constant width font. +Same as +.Cm R +in terminal output. +.It Cm CW +An alias for +.Cm CR . +.It Cm I +Italic font. +.It Cm P +Return to the previous font. +If a macro caused a font change since the last +.Ic \ef +eascape sequence or +.Ic \&ft +request, this returns to the font before the last font change in +the macro rather than to the font before the last manual font change. +.It Cm R +Roman font. +This is the default font. +.It Cm 1 +An alias for +.Cm R . +.It Cm 2 +An alias for +.Cm I . +.It Cm 3 +An alias for +.Cm B . +.It Cm 4 +An alias for +.Cm BI . +.El .Pp Examples: .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact @@ -156,12 +209,6 @@ Write in \fIitalic\fP, then return to previous font mode. .It Li \ef(BIbold italic\efP Write in \f(BIbold italic\fP, then return to previous font mode. .El -.Pp -Text decoration is -.Em not -recommended for -.Xr mdoc 7 , -which encourages semantic annotation. .Ss Whitespace Whitespace consists of the space character. In text lines, whitespace is preserved within a line. @@ -890,27 +937,12 @@ This is a Heirloom extension and currently ignored. Conditionally define a special font. This is a groff extension and currently ignored. .It Ic \&ft Op Ar font -Change the font. -The following +Change the font; see +.Sx Font Selection . +The .Ar font -arguments are supported: -.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -.It Cm B , BI , CB , 3 , 4 -switches to -.Sy bold -font -.It Cm I , CI , 2 -switches to -.Em underlined -font -.It Cm R , CR , CW , 1 -switches to normal font -.It Cm P No "or no argument" -switches back to the previous font -.El -.Pp -This request takes effect only locally and may be overridden -by macros and escape sequences. +argument defaults to +.Cm P . .It Ic \&ftr Ar newname Op Ar oldname Translate font name. This is a groff extension and currently ignored. @@ -2006,11 +2038,15 @@ and Switch to the font .Ar name , see -.Sx Text Decoration . +.Sx Font Selection . For short names, there are variants .Ic \ef Ns Ar c and .Ic \ef( Ns Ar cc . +An empty name +.Ic \ef[] +defaults to +.Ic \efP . .It Ic \eg[ Ns Ar name Ns Ic \&] Interpolate the format of a number register; ignored by .Xr mandoc 1 . |