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 4.3.5.3 Highlighting
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 The 'ms' macros provide a variety of methods to highlight or emphasize
 text:
 
  -- Macro: .B [txt [post [pre]]]
      Sets its first argument in *bold type*.  If you specify a second
      argument, 'groff' prints it in the previous font after the bold
      text, with no intervening space (this allows you to set punctuation
      after the highlighted text without highlighting the punctuation).
      Similarly, it prints the third argument (if any) in the previous
      font *before* the first argument.  For example,
 
           .B foo ) (
 
      prints (*foo*).
 
      If you give this macro no arguments, 'groff' prints all text
      following in bold until the next highlighting, paragraph, or
      heading macro.
 
  -- Macro: .R [txt [post [pre]]]
      Sets its first argument in roman (or regular) type.  It operates
      similarly to the 'B' macro otherwise.
 
  -- Macro: .I [txt [post [pre]]]
      Sets its first argument in _italic type_.  It operates similarly to
      the 'B' macro otherwise.
 
  -- Macro: .CW [txt [post [pre]]]
      Sets its first argument in a 'constant width face'.  It operates
      similarly to the 'B' macro otherwise.
 
  -- Macro: .BI [txt [post [pre]]]
      Sets its first argument in bold italic type.  It operates similarly
      to the 'B' macro otherwise.
 
  -- Macro: .BX [txt]
      Prints its argument and draws a box around it.  If you want to box
      a string that contains spaces, use a digit-width space ('\0').
 
  -- Macro: .UL [txt [post]]
      Prints its first argument with an underline.  If you specify a
      second argument, 'groff' prints it in the previous font after the
      underlined text, with no intervening space.
 
  -- Macro: .LG
      Prints all text following in larger type (two points larger than
      the current point size) until the next font size, highlighting,
      paragraph, or heading macro.  You can specify this macro multiple
      times to enlarge the point size as needed.
 
  -- Macro: .SM
      Prints all text following in smaller type (two points smaller than
      the current point size) until the next type size, highlighting,
      paragraph, or heading macro.  You can specify this macro multiple
      times to reduce the point size as needed.
 
  -- Macro: .NL
      Prints all text following in the normal point size (that is, the
      value of the 'PS' register).
 
  -- String: \*[{]
  -- String: \*[}]
      Text enclosed with '\*{' and '\*}' is printed as a superscript.
 

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