Andre Poenitz wrote:
>>No, because the bold symbols are taken from several fonts.
>>For example:
>> cmbx for letters and digits
>> cmmib for greek letters and some symbols
>> cmbsy for over symbols
>>
>
> What a mess.
>
> But it is "logical" bold, isn't it? So one could hack it in by providing
> another 'char' argument for whichFont()... Not nice, though.
>
> Can't these symbols get collected in a single font? (I still don't know
> anything about fonts, so this question might be silly.)
>
> How does LaTeX handle it? ... Let's have a look... - uh. I don't
> understand the definition of \boldsymbol.
from amsbsy.sty
\DeclareRobustCommand{\boldsymbol}[1]{%
\begingroup
\let\@nomath\@gobble \mathversion{bold}%
\math@atom{#1}{%
\mathchoice%
{\hbox{$\m@th\displaystyle#1$}}%
{\hbox{$\m@th\textstyle#1$}}%
{\hbox{$\m@th\scriptstyle#1$}}%
{\hbox{$\m@th\scriptscriptstyle#1$}}}%
\endgroup}
Herbert
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