Hi Karl & Hilmar,

At 2026-04-13T00:39:42-0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> ...I can add a sentence to the discussion of `\f` escape sequences
> like the following.
> 
>      \fB, \fI, \fR, \fP
> ...
>                Only the escape sequences shown are dependable.
>                Others, such as \fC, are not portable, meaningless on
>                terminal devices, and can prompt warnings from GNU
>                troff(1).
> 
> ...something like that, maybe?  `\fC` is worth calling out
> specifically since it's shockingly popular for a specimen of
> ineffectual syntax.

I've committed a change similar to this to groff Git.  You can expect it
in the next groff release, tentatively scheduled for early July.

Regards,
Branden

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