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From: nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck)
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Subject: CMR11,14 (why isn't there any? at least for laserjets)
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In my implementation of emtex using the .fli font libraries there is
no cmr11 or 14, so when they are wanted I have to use cmr10 scaled.
I think that this issue generalizes since neither arbortext fonts
nor the fonts on ymir for the laserjet have anything other than
cmr10,12 or 17 (and sizes smaller than 10). 

Now I have always been taught that scaling is ugly and that, say,
cmr11 would look better than cmr10 magnified a half step. So my
question is why isn't cmr11 and 14 in standard distribuions. I can
understand why less common faces wouldn't be distributed in all
design sizes for reasons of disk space, but cmr11 and 14 pop up all
the time in relatively standard documents of mine.

So, is it the case that cmr10 magnified a half step looks as good as
an unscaled cmr11? Or is there some other reason I don't have cmr11?

Apologies if this is an FAQ (F could stand for foolish too!).

As always, thanks in advance

Neal

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Neal Beck 
Dept of Politcal Science, UCSD
beck@ucsd.edu
Dislaimer: The Regents pay me (a bit!) to distribute my opinions.