{Groups, {Groups, {and More Groups}}}

Abstract

The concept of gathering text into groups allows TEX input files to be greatly simplified. A new group is started by the character {and terminated by the character}. Changes made within a group will lose their effect when the group terminates. So, for example if {\bf three boldface words} appears in your text, the opening brace starts the group, the \bf control word changes to a boldface font, and the closing brace finishes up the group. Upon completion of the group the font being used is the one in effect before the group started. This is the (easier) way of having a few words in a different font. It’s also possible to have groups nested within groups.