latex-underline.md

Underline, bold and italize text

We can print bold, italicized, and underlined text using the commands \textbf, \textit, and \underline, respectively.

For example:

\textbf{Bold text} 
\textit{Italic text}
\underline{Underlined text}

This example produces the following output:

Double underline

Double underlining text can be done easily using the command \underline twice or using the command \uuline:

\underline{\underline{Double underlined text!}}

\uuline{Double underlined text!}

produces the output:

Wavy underlined text

We can easily create wavy underlined text using the command \uwave{}. Here is an illustrative example:

\uwave{This text is underlined with a wavy line!}

which produces the following result:

Strikethrough text

The command \sout{} which can be used to strikethrough text. Check this example:

\sout{Text with a horizontal line through its center!}

compiling this code yields:

Slash through letter

The command \xout{} can be used to create a hatching effect through text. Here is a basic usage of this command:

\xout{Text with hatching pattern!}

This code yields the following:

Dashed and dotted underline

The commands \dashuline{} and \dotuline{} as their names state can be used to create dashed and dotted lines under text respectively. Check the following code:

\dashuline{Dashed Underline}

\dotuline{Dotted Underline}

which produces the following output: