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From: phil@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Applications that create mathematical formulae
Message-ID: <1533.26ee2ad1@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 12 Sep 90 00:32:17 GMT
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Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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In article <38544@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, dana@are.berkeley.edu (Dana E. Keil) writes:
> In article <25543.26DA84E1@stjhmc.fidonet.org> Chris.Gehlker@p12.f56.n114.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Gehlker) 
> replies to a question:
>>> Does anyone know of any applications out there whose sole purpose is to
>>> create mathematical formulae for inclusion to the word processor of your
>>> choice.
>>
>>There was a review of 4 of these pupies in MacUser.  Around the June issue I
>>believe.
> 
> As one who uses MathType daily, (disclaimer warning: I have been a beta
> tester for MathType, I don't have any monetary stake in it at all)
> I have to say that the reviewer really
> dropped the ball in this review by criticizing MathType for something
> that I think should be considered a plus... [a lot of stuff I agree with]

In the Australian MacWorld, a reviewer of MathType vs. Expressionist put
MathType on top, which is where I put it when I evaluated them both at version
1 (along with all the competition at then time) for the Maths & Stats
Department.  We've stuck with MathType and been rewarded for doing so -- as far
as I know it's the only one which includes an extra font for symbols and
constructs missing from the Symbol font, an otehr such attention to detail. 
They've still missed a few out, but it's so easy to customise, that I can
create the extras using Fontographer or whatever and include them on the
palettes.  

Expressionist comes a close second, but isn't quite as powerful or
easy to use, IMHO.
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