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From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
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Subject: Re: CMR11,14 (why isn't there any? at least for laserjets)
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Date: 7 May 91 20:12:24 GMT
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In article <5305@network.ucsd.edu>, nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes:
> 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). 
 
On ymir.claremont.edu there are several sets of extensions to CM.
[anonymous.tex.mf.ams.extracm] fills in the gaps for some of the
smaller design sizes of some fonts (cmcsc, cmmib among others).
[anonymous.tex.mf.cm.variants includes some large sizes developed
at WSU for standard display sizes. That directory also contains
some fonts which demonstrate the use of the files in
[anonymous.tex.mf.cm.sauter] which allow one to get any design
size for any CM font.

> 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.
 
It depends. For running {text, design-sizing is usually best,
but for displayed text (headlines, section headings etc.) I find
that scaling is often a better choice (among other things, it
gives a heavier appearance to the text. cmr17 is a bit anemic,
imho).

-dh

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