Text Formatting ⇒ description always bold?

[bkarpuz]

Dear all hi again,

I have a simple question.
When I use description it automatically defines the caption of \item bold.
For instance,
(i)->(ii).
Is it possible to make it normal font instead of bold?
For instance,
(i)->(ii).
I know that this can be done by using itemize but when I use itemize the alignement is not in the form I want.

thanks.

[curiouslearn]

Most likely there is a better solution than the one below. But the following also works.

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}   

\def\MyItem[#1]#2{\item[{\rm #1}]#2}

\begin{document} 
  \begin{description}
  	\item[First item] This is the first item.
	\item[{\rm Second item}] This is the second item. 
	\MyItem[Third item] This is the third item.
  \end{description}	
\end{document}         

If you don't want to define a command then you can enter the item as the second item has been entered. Or you can define a command and use that instead as done for the third item.

[localghost]

Have a look at the enumitem package to customize list environments like description and adapt the given advices to your needs.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

the description environment is defined by document classes or packages. For instance if you are using the article class you could solve your problem by:

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\renewcommand*\descriptionlabel[1]{\hspace\labelsep\normalfont #1}

If you are using a different class let us know.

Stefan

[bkarpuz]

Thanks to all,

I am using article class and the code

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\renewcommand*\descriptionlabel[1]{\hspace\labelsep\normalfont #1}

works perfect.

[localghost]

Just for the record and to demonstrate the easy handling of the suggested package.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\setdescription{font=\normalfont}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext
  \begin{description}
    \item[blindtext:] \blindtext
  \end{description}
  \blindtext
\end{document}