I'm currently using these packages in my document:
\usepackage{mathptmx}
\usepackage[margin=1.2in]{geometry}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{amsmath, amsthm, amssymb, amsbsy}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{enumerate}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[danish]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
But when I try to use:
\boldsymbol{\sigma}
As and example, well, nothing happens. It's not bold. I've also tried \mathbf
and such. But nothing happens.
I don't know if it is because I'm using the "Times New Roman"-like package ?
Can anyone help me out?
Best Answer
As a last resort, over-printing (or under-printing) as a method to simulate boldness (or fake bold) is an option using the
contour
package. It may come in handy when there is no bold version of a font/symbol available:The default interface is
\contour[<number>]{<color>}{<stuff>}
that prints<number>
copies of<stuff>
under<stuff>
using colour<color>
. The default is 16 repetitions if none are specified, while the starred-version\contour*
prints 32.\contourlength{<len>}
sets the radius of the under-printing. The two column above are default (0.03em
) and0.01em
.To make the under-printing more obvious/clear, here's a close-up view of the above contours at the default setting:
And, for
\contourlength{0.01em}
: