Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!strath-cs!expya!exua!msor!sullivan From: sullivan@msor.exeter.ac.uk (Rob Sullivan) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: THERE'S NO SCRIPT FONT...WHY NOT! Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 91 18:48:46 GMT Sender: news@exua.exeter.ac.uk Organization: MSOR - University of Exeter. UK Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: Fellow TeXers, Following my recent request on the net for information re. a script font for use with TeX, I am disappointed to have to report to the many people who showed a similar interest that I have met with no success whatsoever. I have heard that the AMS uses fonts from Autologic to obtain a script character set. I would be very grateful if anyone could send me details re. these autologic fonts and any other commercial fonts suitable for use with TeX. A rough idea of the cost of these fonts would be especially useful. I am rather confused that such a commonly used font is not included in AMSfonts2.0. Considering the obvious demand for such a script font, it seems a little strange to enlist the talents of Mittelbach and Zapf in the design of fonts which although useful, are not in my opinion (and I'm by no means alone in this) nearly so essential as a simple script font (commonly found on the most basic of wordprocessors). The claim of TeX to be designed specifically for technical typesetting seems severely flawed when such a simple task of 'curly' H is beyond its grasp. Rob. -- - - - - Robert Sullivan JANET : sullivan@uk.ac.exeter.msor Theoretical Physics Dept. UUCP : sullivan%msor.exeter.ac.uk@ukc.uucp University of Exeter BITNET : sullivan%msor.exeter.ac.uk@UKACRL England. Internet : sullivan%msor.exeter.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu EX4 4QL Tel : +44 392 264198 "One must be open-minded -- --but not so open-minded that one's brains fall out."