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From: dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek)
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Subject: Re: what do I call a variant of a CM font?
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Date: 1 Jun 91 06:14:18 GMT
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In article <1991May31.091654.10090@ioe.lon.ac.uk>, teexdwu@ioe.lon.ac.uk (DOMINIK WUJASTYK) writes:
> I recently had a need for a slanted version of the Computer Modern
> font cmssbx10.  So I altered the slant (or tilt ratio) in the
> parameter file of cmssbx10, fired up Metafont, and out popped exactly
> the font I needed.  I am calling it ssbxi10.  So far so good.  But
> now I want to send a copy to be lodged in the font library of my
> local L300 phototypesetter, so I thought I ought to pay attention to 
> a proper, public name for this font.  

When I built a similar font for a local document style, I used
Berry's naming scheme sans the foundry letter. cmssbxti became
cmbosx. At first, the Berry scheme seems to give difficult names,
but as one works with it more, it gets more intutitive.

-dh