How to underline a section's title without using the sectsty package (memoir class)?

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Can anyone tell me how to underline a section's title without using the sectsty package please? Indeed I am using the memoir class which prohibits this package.

Thank You.

If titlesec is not prohobited, it can do that. But be aware that typographically it's very bad practice: it dates back to typewriter times, when it was hard, if not impossible, to type in boldface or italic. — Bernard, Jul 06 '14 at 21:07

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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This can be done with titlesec, as one of the tags in the question suggests, but I wouldn't recommend this due to some know incompatibilities; see About memoir and titlesec incompatibility, for example.

Here's one possibility using memoir's methods only:

\documentclass{memoir}
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\newcommand\underlinedhead[1]{\noindent\uline{#1}}
\setsecheadstyle{\underlinedhead}

\begin{document}

\chapter{A test chapter}
\section{A test section}
\lipsum[4]

\end{document}

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Take into account that underlining is not considered a good typographical practice.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Jul 06 '14 at 21:47

Gonzalo Medina

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How to underline a section's title without using the sectsty package (memoir class)?

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