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index 3f1e3ac..98166a9 100644
--- a/man/new_pair.3x
+++ b/man/new_pair.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018,2020 Thomas E. Dickey *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey *
.\" Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
.\" *
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a *
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\"
.\" Author: Thomas E. Dickey
.\"
-.\" $Id: new_pair.3x,v 1.14 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: new_pair.3x,v 1.16 2021/06/17 21:26:02 tom Exp $
.TH new_pair 3X ""
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fB#include <curses.h>\fP
.sp
-\fBint alloc_pair(int fg, int bg);\fP
+\fBint alloc_pair(int \fP\fIfg\fP\fB, int \fP\fIbg\fP\fB);\fP
.br
-\fBint find_pair(int fg, int bg);\fP
+\fBint find_pair(int \fP\fIfg\fP\fB, int \fP\fIbg\fP\fB);\fP
.br
-\fBint free_pair(int pair);\fP
+\fBint free_pair(int \fP\fIpair\fP\fB);\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
These functions are an extension to the curses library.
They permit an application to dynamically allocate a color pair using
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ That is, the foreground and background colors are applied as a pair.
.bP
Color pairs are the curses library's way of managing a color palette
on a terminal.
-If the library does not keep track of the \fIcombinations\fP of
+If the library does not keep track of the \fIcombinations\fP of
colors which are displayed, it will be inefficient.
.bP
For simple terminal emulators
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ as the limit on color pairs:
.NE
.bP
Terminals which support \fIdefault colors\fP distinct
-from \*(``ANSI colors\*(''
+from \*(``ANSI colors\*(''
add to the possible combinations, producing this total:
.NS
\fI( \fP\fBCOLORS\fP\fI + 1 ) * ( \fP\fBCOLORS\fP\fI + 1 )\fP
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ An application might use up to a few dozen color pairs to
implement a predefined color scheme.
.IP
Beyond that lies in the realm of programs using the foreground
-and background colors for \*(``ASCII art\*(''
+and background colors for \*(``ASCII art\*(''
(or some other non-textual application).
.IP
Also beyond those few dozen pairs, the required size for a table