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From: kelly@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Sean Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.text,comp.fonts
Subject: TeX and Computer Modern (?) typefaces
Summary: Gimme Times Roman or gimme death!
Keywords: computer modern ha
Message-ID: <2973@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 16 Jul 89 04:59:57 GMT
Reply-To: kelly@jupiter.nmt.edu (Sean Kelly)
Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
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I'm still a fair rank beginner when it comes to TeX and computer
typesetting in general.  I've only just learned how to make a
boxed table--yow!

I'm really impressed with the sophistication of Knuth's masterwork,
TeX, but I'm rather disappointed to find that on our system all
we have are American and Computer Modern fonts (which look about the
same to me).  But ...

Why are the Computer Modern fonts called `computer modern' when they
look more like Pre-electricity Antique?!?  Even the sans serif (cmss10)
looks more dated than my great aunt Olga (apologies to her)!

So I picked up a copy of {\sl The METAFONTbook}, and found, to my
dismay, that DEK outdid himself again with unbounding sophistication!
I just wanted to sit down with a copy of a typeface book and make a nice
simple serifed style more to my liking, and found out that I have
to learn _another_ language!  Argggh!

I'm getting desparate.  I know TeX is better than our WYSIWYG system,
Interleaf.  But my friends who insist on using Interleaf still
outdo my creations with TeX just because their typestyles look
much more up-to-date and nice.

Where can I find Times Roman?  Century Oldstyle?  Futura?  Anything?!?
Is there somewhere I can anonymously FTP all necessary information?
Or perhaps the Metafont source code?  HELP!!

Herman Zapf, give me strength ...

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kelly (sean)                      `What is the wasting?'
kelly@nmtsun.nmt.edu              `The wasting is ... the wasting!'
Std disclaimers apply             `Ahhhhh.'  --Dr ?
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