General ⇒ Simple question

[Abu Noor El-Din]

Hi all,

I have a simple question. What is the difference between \emph and textit{}? I cannot notice the difference.

[gmedina]

The \emph command switchs to the \itshape shape if the current font is upright, and to the \upshape shape if the current font is already slanted. Take a look at this example:

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
\noindent
\emph{slanted text}\\
\textit{slanted text}\\
{\itshape slanted text}\\
{\itshape \emph{slanted} text?}\\
\textit{\emph{slanted} text?}\\
{\slshape Now with this shape}\\
{\slshape Now with \textit{this} shape}\\
{\slshape Now with \emph{this} shape}

\end{document}

[Abu Noor El-Din]

Again, thanks gmedina very much.