Big Decorative Quotes

Question

I want to make some definition in my thesis very clear, by putting it in its own line, with stylish, decorative (or whatever you call it) quotes. How can I do that in Latex?

Answer 1

Consider to put your definition into a theorem-like environment. Here's an example using the thmtools package (with ntheorem as backend):

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{ntheorem}
\usepackage{thmtools}
\declaretheoremstyle[headfont=\scshape,bodyfont=\itshape,numberwithin=section]{mystyle}
\declaretheorem[style=mystyle]{definition}

\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}

\section{foo}

\blindtext

\begin{definition}
\blindtext
\end{definition}

\blindtext

\end{document}