| Font Family | Code | Command |
| Roman (serif, with tails on the uprights) as the default | rm | \textrm{text} |
| Sans-serif, with no tails on the uprights | sf | \textsf{text} |
| Monospace (fixed-width or typewriter) | tt | \texttt{text} |
| Type Style | Command | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Italic | \textit{words in italics} | puts the words in the brackets in italics |
| Slanted | \textsl{words to be slanted} | puts a few words in slanted type. |
| Small Capitals | \textsc{words to be in small capitals} | puts the words in the brackets in small capitals |
| Bold | \textbf{words to be in bold} | puts the words in brackets in bold |
| Sans-serif | \textsf{words to be in sans-serif} | puts the words into sans-serif type |
| Monospace | \texttt{words to be in monospace} | puts a few words in typewriter type |
| Emphasis | \emph{word} | italicizes words. |
| Monospace | {\tt words} | Monospaces all words within the curly braces. |
| Italics | {\it words} | Italicizes all words within the curly braces. |
| Command | Nominal Point Size | Exact Point Size |
|---|---|---|
| \tiny | 5 | 5 |
| \scriptsize | 7 | 7 |
| \footnotesize | 8 | 8 |
| \small | 9 | 9 |
| \normalsize | 10 | 10 |
| \large | 12 | 12 |
| \Large | 14 | 14.40 |
| \LARGE | 18 | 17.28 |
| \huge | 20 | 20.74 |
| \Huge | 24 | 24.88 |
