[Tex/LaTex] Curly brackets in italics

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How do I italicise curly brackets { }?

I try:

{\it Method \rightarrow \{\ \!"EquationSimplification" \rightarrow "Solve"\}}

but it does not work. The brackets are not in the .pdf output…

Best Answer

If, despite barbara's comment, you really want italic curly brackets, you might want one of these solutions:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Text mode with arrows in maths mode:

{\itshape
  Method $\rightarrow$ \{\ ``EquationSimplification'' $\rightarrow$ ``Solve'' \}
}

Maths mode:

\[
  Method \rightarrow \text{\itshape \{}\ \!``EquationSimplification" \rightarrow ``Solve" \text{\itshape \}}
\]

\end{document}

I'm not clear if you really want Method etc. to be in maths mode. If not, you can use \text{} to use text while in maths mode for these as well.

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