Changing Text Style

You can change text style for emphasis using the formatting code string:

{$STYLE=value text}

where value is one of the following:

BOLD - causes "text" to be displayed as bold text.
ITALIC - causes "text" to be displayed as italic text.
UNDER - causes "text" to be underlined.
PLAIN - causes "text" to be displayed as plain text (the default).

Note that formatting code strings are not case sensitive. There must be one-or-more blanks (or an equals sign ("=")) that will not display between the "STYLE" and the style value. There must be one-or-more blank spaces that will not display between the style value and the text to be displayed in that style. Blank spaces following the first non-blank character in the text will display. Format code strings must begin and end in the same text string - they cannot span a line break.

As a matter of style, underlined text should be used with discretion, since it will be easily confused with a hyperlink on a web page.

Example:

\TITLE
Text Style Demo
\TF A T
This is {$STYLE=BOLD bold text}, while this is
{$STYLE=ITALIC in italics.  {$STYLE=UNDER This 
text is underlined}.

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last update May 13, 1999 by JL Stanbrough (jstanbro@venus.net)