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- From: wrf@ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin)
- Subject: Using PS Symbol fonts in LaTeX
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 14:06:31 GMT
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- I would like to use PostScript fonts in LaTeX since cmr is too faint
- for camera-ready copy. So I read afm2tfm(1) etc, and created the
- virtual fonts. Then I hacked lfonts.tex and rebuilt a new format
- file. The problem is what to do about math italic. If I leave it,
- then all the equations are much lighter than the surrounding text. If
- I replace cmmi by cmmib, then it's better, but not perfect. First,
- since cmmib is scaled, it looks bad in places. More important, this
- still leaves other symbols as much too light.
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- So then I try to use a PostScript symbol font instead of TeX's symbol
- font. However PS is missing some critical info, and nothing works.
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- Any suggestions? Thanks for the help.
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- My net access is tenuous (I'm really logged in from Italy with all
- packets passing thru 20 machines), so email is better; I'll summarize
- any useful responses.
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- BTW, what fonts are rcommended for 300dpi printers when the output
- will be copied for several generations? I'm trying
- NewCentury-Schlbk since Lucida is not available. Is there a better
- choice?
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- Wm. Randolph Franklin, wrf@ecse.rpi.edu, (518) 276-6077; Fax: -6261
- ECSE Dept., 6026 JEC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy NY, 12180 USA
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