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From: marcel@cs.caltech.edu (Marcel van der Goot)
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Subject: Re: Math Fonts for TeX
Summary: get the Euler fonts from the AMS
Keywords: fonts, math, concrete
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In <PRIMER.91Jan6185623@zariski.harvard.edu> Jeremy Primer
(primer@math.harvard.edu) asks:

> Is anyone using fonts other than Computer Modern to produce good
> mathematical output with TeX?

Yes, Knuth himself:

 AUTHOR       Graham, Ronald L., 1935-
 TITLE        Concrete mathematics : a foundation for computer science / Ronald
                L. Graham, Donald E. Knuth, Oren Patashnik.
 IMPRINT      Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley, c1989.
 COLLATION    xiii, 625 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
 NOTE         Bibliography: p. 578-600.
              Includes index.
 SUBJECT      Mathematics --1961-
              Computer science --Mathematics.
 ALT AUTHOR   Knuth, Donald Ervin, 1938-
              Patashnik, Oren.

The fonts used are ``Euler'' for math and ``Concrete Roman'' for
text. ``Concrete Roman'' (ccr10 etc.) is based on Computer Modern
(but looks more ``solid''), but ``Euler'' (eubase etc.) is a
completely new family of math fonts (designed by Hermann Zapf, I think).
I guess these fonts can be obtained, gratis, from the American
Mathematical Society (AMS); they may already be present on your
system. Maybe they are also available from your nearest TeX archive.
In the abovementioned book, Knuth explains something about the
typesetting in the introduction.

					Marcel van der Goot
					marcel@vlsi.cs.caltech.edu