I want to bold a letter that represents a vector in a LaTeX equation. But when I use \bf to make it bold, it changes the letter to normal, non-slanted type. Is there a way to have letters bolded and italicized in an equation? This is what I enter: {\bf x} = \begin{bmatrix} x_1 \\ \vdots \\ x_n \end{bmatrix}.
