Xref: utzoo comp.lang.postscript:8075 comp.fonts:2143 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!uw-june!graham From: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham) Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript,comp.fonts Subject: Re: Math symbol font Message-ID: <15558@june.cs.washington.edu> Date: 25 Mar 91 16:36:22 GMT References: <1991Mar19.013622.6266@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: graham@june.cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham) Organization: University of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle Lines: 38 In article spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) writes: >In article <1991Mar19.013622.6266@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes: > > We are looking for a Postscript font that can be used on a Mac so we > can generate math symbols and certain math letters. The "symbol" > font is not enough. We would really like something that has all the symbols > that the TeX fonts do. > >since TeX has what you want, bite the bullet and use Computer Modern >Roman maths fonts. Blue Sky Research will sell you the fonts in Adobe >Type 1 format (or maybe its still Type 3) which you will presumably be >able to use with your Mac applications OK. Of course, you're also stuck using Computer Modern text fonts if you want typographic consistency. And I, for one, can't stand them. (Modern serif faces annoy me, to begin with.) >Have you looked at the Lucida Maths fonts? They consciously set out to >cover the same field as TeX's maths fonts You might also like to look at Adobe's Mathematical Pi font. It actually has more symbols than TeX. Lucida Math has all the base characters, but does not include pre-built negation binary operators. Nor does it have h-bar or black-letter capitals. It might be missing a few other things as well, most of which could be patched in from other fonts, or built. The one draw-back to Mathematical Pi is that it has six component fonts, which would make it hard to memorize and down-load. Incidentally, Adobe has a new service to provide you with various documents, including typeface sample pages, via fax. It's 1-800-235-0078. Not bad. -- Steve Graham graham@isis.ee.washington.edu (206) 543-8115