How to mix accents from different fonts in LaTeX?

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In TeXBook, exercise 9.6 Knuth asks to type Pal Erdos with needed accents in \tt font.

The answer from the key is {\tt P\'al Erd{\bf\H{\tt o}}s}.

However this technique doesn't work in LaTeX. How to apply this to LaTeX?

Also note that this might not be required for LaTeX at all. Simply load a modern font. Try \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}\usepackage{lmodern}. The \H macro is defined differently by plainTeX and LaTeX. — Martin Scharrer, Jul 18 '11 at 09:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '11 at 09:58

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{\ttfamily P\'al Erd{\normalfont\bfseries\H{\ttfamily o}}s}

answered Jul 18 '11 at 09:58

egreg

Thank you very much, egreg! This works! It's exactly what I've looked for. – outmind Jul 20 '11 at 14:59
However could you please comment the difference? And the problem with the former? – outmind Jul 20 '11 at 15:00
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It works well with the "new" font selection commands, but it won't with the obsolete ones. – egreg Jul 20 '11 at 15:17

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