--- a/NEWS Wed Oct 21 18:00:12 2015 +0200
+++ b/NEWS Wed Oct 21 19:23:14 2015 +0200
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
* There is a new short form for antiquotations with a single argument
that is a cartouche: \<^name>\<open>...\<close> is equivalent to @{name \<open>...\<close>} and
-\<open>...\<close> without control symbol is equivalent to @{cartouche \<open>...\<close>}.
+\<open>...\<close> without control symbol is equivalent to @{cartouche \<open>...\<close>}. The
+standard Isabelle fonts provide glyphs to render important control
+symbols, e.g. "\<^verbatim>", "\<^emph>", "\<^bold>".
* Antiquotation @{cartouche} in Isabelle/Pure is the same as @{text}.
Consequently, \<open>...\<close> without any decoration prints literal quasi-formal