Inclination dependence of the derived Sérsic index of bulges due to dust effects only (corrected for projection effects), for bulges truncated at three effective radii (black curves) and at ten effective radii (red curves). The symbols represent the measurements while the solid lines are polynomial fits to the measurements. Results are for the B-band and for simulations corresponding to a volume stellar emissivity described by a (deprojected) Sérsic function with . The left panel is for and the right panel is for .