paralist-item numbers in bold

Question

I 'm using paralist package for enumeration (not enumitem). I want to have the item numbers in bold, like the image below.

The solution here (which is the code below) doesn't work for me, probably because this was made for enumitem (here is the log-file).

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{paralist} 
\setlist[enumerate]{font=\bfseries}


\begin{document}

\begin{inparaenum}
    \item text1
    \item text2
    \item text3
\end{inparaenum}

\begin{enumerate}[(i)]
    \item text1
    \item text2
    \item text3
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

What can I do?

Thank's in advanced!

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 10:07

1

The below may suits for you:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{paralist} 
\usepackage{enumerate}

\begin{document}

\renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\textbf{\theenumi.}}

\begin{inparaenum}
    \item text1
    \item text2
    \item text3
\end{inparaenum}

\begin{enumerate}[\bf(i)]
    \item text1
    \item text2
    \item text3
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

answered Feb 13 '19 at 10:07

MadyYuvi

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Yuvi thank's for your answer! I have 3 questions for you: 1) Is it necessary to use both paralist and enumitem? 2) Is there any global way like \setlist[enumerate]{font=\bfseries} in my code? 3) Your solution doesn't work with Greek numbering (α', β', γ' δ',...). How can I fix it? – Kώστας Κούδας Feb 13 '19 at 10:22
1

@KώσταςΚούδας If you want horizontal list then you should use the paralist.sty package, \setlist[enumerate]{font=\bfseries] may works with enumitem package (I didn't test, just I am telling), and for Greek bold symbols, follow the tags \usepackage{amsmath} \mathversion{bold} – MadyYuvi Feb 13 '19 at 10:57

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 11:54

I don't see any mention of \setlist[enumerate]{font=\bfseries} in the documentation of the paralist package. It's rather part of the enumitem package.

However, playing with some paralist environments could be illuminating and get you somewhere close to what you want:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{paralist} 
\setdefaultenum{\bfseries 1.}
                             {\bfseries (a)}
                             {\bfseries i.}
                             {\bfseries A.}

\begin{document}

\section*{Customizing \texttt{paralist} enumerations}

\noindent
To customize enumerated \verb|inparaenum| lists with the \verb|paralist| package, we can set bold numbers through \verb|\setdefaultenum{\bfseries 1.}{}{}{}|, where lists will look like:
%
\begin{inparaenum}
        \item first item
        \item second item
        \item third item
\end{inparaenum}\\[1ex]
%
\ldots and items with nested \verb|enumerate|s will look like:
%
\begin{enumerate}
        \item text 1
            \begin{enumerate}
                \item text 1.1
                    \begin{enumerate}[\bfseries $<$ i $>$]
                        \item text 1.1.1
                        \item text 1.1.2
                    \end{enumerate}
                \item text 1.2
                    \begin{enumerate}[$<$ i $>$]
                        \item text 1.2.1
                        \item[$>$ \emph{ii} $<$] text 1.2.2
                    \end{enumerate}
                \item text 1.3
            \end{enumerate}
        \item[\labelenumi] Note that setting a custom item label with \verb|\labelenumi| does not increase the item numbering.
        \item \verb|\theenumi| gives ``\theenumi'' whereas \verb|\labelenumi| gives ``{\labelenumi}'' (in bold plus a dot).
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}

producing items which have bold numbers till it isn't re-customized at the list- or item-levels.

thank's for your answer! Is it possible to make bold every item number (re-customized or not) or should I re-define the default numbering in paralist? — Kώστας Κούδας, Feb 13 '19 at 22:01
@KώσταςΚούδας So far as I understand, all item labels can be made bold with the \setdefaultenum{\bfseries 1.}{\bfseries (a)}{\bfseries i.}{\bfseries A.} command in the preamble. Another way (independent of the paralist package) is to use \renewcommand{\labelenumi}{\textbf{\theenumi.}} and the same with enumii enumiii and enumiv in the preamble too. However, locally re-customizing any of these labels would normally break the bold fonts. — Partha D., Feb 14 '19 at 05:00

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