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Re: math fonts
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- Subject: Re: math fonts
- From: "J%org Knappen, Mainz" <Joerg.Knappen@uni-mainz.de>
- Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 15:51:44 +0100
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Some details:
eth and thorn are used in differential geometry as mathematical symbols.
There is an apparent shortage of d-like symbols in this field.
Arrangement of the font tables (and this argument goes really LaTeXy)
One could have essentially two points of view on the table arrangement:
a) Providing optimal kerning for a core of 256 glyphs. This would lead to
a mixture of upright and math italic glyphs in one table together with
basic braces.
b) Logical markup (more on the LaTeX path but sacrificing optimal kerning):
Make \mathrm{\pi} work (like \mathrm{\Pi} etc. already do work). This
means sorting out the glyphs according to their fontshapes in different
mathematical familes.
Note that the question after \mathbf{\pi} is an FAQ on comp.text.tex and
it is tedious to tell the users again and again to use boldsymbol on
that, whereas \mathbf{\Pi} works fine.
--J"org Knappen