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3. TEXT AND FONTSTable 3.5: Font declarationsShapeUpright shape {\upshape Upright shape}Italic shape{\itshape Italic shape}Slanted shape {\slshape Slanted shape}SMALL CAPS SHAPE {\scshape Small Caps shape}Series or weightMedium series {\mdseries Medium series}Bold series{\bfseries Bold series}FamilyRoman family {\rmfamily Roman family}Sans serif family {\sffamily Sans serif family}Typewriter family {\ttfamily Typewriter family}Typeset example 3.1: Badly mixed fontsMixing different series, families and shapes, ESPECIALLY IN ONE SENTENCE, isusually highly inadvisable!word or two, while the declarations are more convenient when you want to typeset longerpassages in a different font.Do not go wild seeing how many different kinds of font you can cram into your workas in example 3.1.Source for example 3.1Mixing \textbf{different series, \textsf{families}} and\textsl{\texttt{shapes,}} \textsc{especially in one sentence,}is usually \emph{highly inadvisable!}On the other hand there are occasions when several fonts may be used for a reasonableeffect, as in example 3.2.Source for example 3.2\begin{center}\textsc{Des Dames du Temps Jardis}\end{center}%\settowidth{\versewidth}{Or yet in a year where they are}40