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My google skills are failing me. How do I get em to exhibit it's usual behavior (i.e. {em slanted {em upright} slanted}), while making the emphasis be that of slshape? If document class has any bearing on it, preferably in memoir.










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    My google skills are failing me. How do I get em to exhibit it's usual behavior (i.e. {em slanted {em upright} slanted}), while making the emphasis be that of slshape? If document class has any bearing on it, preferably in memoir.










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      My google skills are failing me. How do I get em to exhibit it's usual behavior (i.e. {em slanted {em upright} slanted}), while making the emphasis be that of slshape? If document class has any bearing on it, preferably in memoir.










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      My google skills are failing me. How do I get em to exhibit it's usual behavior (i.e. {em slanted {em upright} slanted}), while making the emphasis be that of slshape? If document class has any bearing on it, preferably in memoir.







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          You can just redefine em (defined in latex.ltx) to use slshape instead of itshape. Note that this will affect emph also since it uses em internally.



          documentclass{article}
          makeatletter
          DeclareRobustCommandem
          {@nomathem ifdim fontdimen@nefont >z@
          eminnershape else slshape fi}%
          makeatother
          begin{document}
          {em slanted {em upright} slanted}
          end{document}


          output






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          You can just redefine em (defined in latex.ltx) to use slshape instead of itshape. Note that this will affect emph also since it uses em internally.



          documentclass{article}
          makeatletter
          DeclareRobustCommandem
          {@nomathem ifdim fontdimen@nefont >z@
          eminnershape else slshape fi}%
          makeatother
          begin{document}
          {em slanted {em upright} slanted}
          end{document}


          output






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          • I should have just gone to the source! Thanks a bunch!
            – Karl Damgaard Asmussen
            Nov 16 at 15:06
















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          You can just redefine em (defined in latex.ltx) to use slshape instead of itshape. Note that this will affect emph also since it uses em internally.



          documentclass{article}
          makeatletter
          DeclareRobustCommandem
          {@nomathem ifdim fontdimen@nefont >z@
          eminnershape else slshape fi}%
          makeatother
          begin{document}
          {em slanted {em upright} slanted}
          end{document}


          output






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          • I should have just gone to the source! Thanks a bunch!
            – Karl Damgaard Asmussen
            Nov 16 at 15:06














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          You can just redefine em (defined in latex.ltx) to use slshape instead of itshape. Note that this will affect emph also since it uses em internally.



          documentclass{article}
          makeatletter
          DeclareRobustCommandem
          {@nomathem ifdim fontdimen@nefont >z@
          eminnershape else slshape fi}%
          makeatother
          begin{document}
          {em slanted {em upright} slanted}
          end{document}


          output






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          You can just redefine em (defined in latex.ltx) to use slshape instead of itshape. Note that this will affect emph also since it uses em internally.



          documentclass{article}
          makeatletter
          DeclareRobustCommandem
          {@nomathem ifdim fontdimen@nefont >z@
          eminnershape else slshape fi}%
          makeatother
          begin{document}
          {em slanted {em upright} slanted}
          end{document}


          output







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          I should have just gone to the source! Thanks a bunch!
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