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From: ajcd@harpo.cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Angus Duggan)
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Subject: Re: Hard-to-find fonts
Keywords: PostScript Symbol Font
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Date: 6 Aug 90 12:10:44 GMT
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In article <8036@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu (Hosek, Donald A.) writes:
> (2) Someone in Europe created a PostScript font called MoreMath
> which fills in some of the gaps left by the PS Symbol font. I
> don't have a name or address for this. Perhaps someone who has
> the information from the Karlsruhe conference can post this.

From the EuroTeX89 program:

\title{\bf MoreMath -- A new PostScript font of mathematical symbols}
\author{\it P.~D.~Bacsich}

The author has created a PostScript font of useful symbols for mathematics,
computer science and science/technology applications. The font provides most
of the symbols in Computer Modern, but has been designed to match the metric
parameters, weight, and appearance of the Adobe Times font. Additional symbols
in the font include a set to cover the requirements of the VDM software
development method and a set of physics/chemistry symbols commonly found in
PC-based scientific text processing packages.

The paper will cover the following issues:

  1. metric analysis of an existing PostScript font eg Times

  2. differences in metrics and appearance between MoreMath and CM Maths
     Symbol

  3. creation of PostScript and screen characters using Fontographer and
     Fontastic

  4. resolution issues in the range 300-1270 dpi : is resolution-independence
     feasible in this range?

  5. experience with MoreMath in Mac packages

  6. experience with MoreMath in TeX

  7. MoreMath and Lucida

  8. remaining gaps in PostScript font coverage for scientific fonts,
     including survey of current work by Adobe, Linotype and other vendors

  9. work in progress on further development of MoreMath and related fonts

--
The author's address is given as:

  Paul D. Bacsich, The Open University, Cyclops-Tech Electronic Pub,
  P.O. Box 136, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK

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