Tabular, make a column or a row emphasized

Question

I want to create a table and to make all cells of a column emphasized. Is there a simple way to do it, or do I have to emphasize every single cell?

For rows please look at Make first row of table all bold; for columns a related post is Can I set the format of an entire column except for the header?. — Hendrik Vogt, Mar 02 '11 at 14:31

score 66 · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-26T09:08:38.457

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>{..} defines what to do before the cell

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array}% for extended column definitions    
\begin{document}

\begin{tabular}{c >{\em}c c}
foo & bar & baz
\end{tabular}

\end{document}

edited Sep 26 '16 at 09:08

answered Mar 02 '11 at 14:25

score 26 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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Just worth adding to @Herbert's answer, that you can also make an entire column bold with >{\bfseries}, used in exactly the same way as he uses >{\em}. The meaning of bfseries is discussed in detail here.

As stated in the comments here, you can use \normalfont{} to unbold the column header.

\begin{table}
    \begin{tabular}{>{\bfseries}l l}
        \toprule
        \normalfont{foo} & bar \\
        \midrule
        foo & baz \\
        bar & qux \\
        \bottomrule
    \end{tabular}
\end{table}

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jul 29 '15 at 17:11

LondonRob

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This answers only the emphasis of columns. But how to emphasize an entire row? – normanius Oct 20 '21 at 14:26
Why does \textbf not work, but \bfseries does? – user32882 Apr 19 '22 at 07:47
Also @normanius did you find out how to emphasize the row? – user32882 Apr 19 '22 at 07:47

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 11 '17 at 23:01

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A very elementary addon but I was unable to find this elsewhere online and it may save someone a few minutes of head-scratching: you can add multiple styles to each line with a space:

\begin{tabular}{|c |>{\huge \bfseries}c |}
\hline
\multicolumn{2}{|c|}{Using multiple styles on a column}\\
\hline
normal & bold and huge\\
\hline
0 & 0\\
\hline
1 & 1\\
\hline
\end{tabular}

answered Nov 11 '17 at 23:01

GregarityNow

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Welcome to TeX.SX! Thanks for helping and answering. Useful to read: [How do I write a good answer?].(https://tex.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer) – Bobyandbob Nov 11 '17 at 23:13
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How is this differing from the accepted answer? – Johannes_B Nov 12 '17 at 06:47
@Johannes_B Only the \huge as far as I can see, should we mark it as not an answer (comment)? – CarLaTeX Nov 12 '17 at 08:17
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The idea of this answer is to show how to add 2 styles to a column, a concept for which I did not find another immediate answer. If this does not meet the standards of an answer feel free to delete it I was just trying to be helpful – GregarityNow Nov 12 '17 at 15:53

Tabular, make a column or a row emphasized

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