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From: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: looking for Adobe compatible Symbol font
Keywords: Adobe Symbol Qume
Message-ID: <181@sopwith.UUCP>
Date: 24 May 89 16:54:28 GMT
References: <6798@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: snoopy@sopwith.UUCP (Snoopy)
Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm
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In article <6798@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> hammer@cs.purdue.EDU (Adam Hammer) writes:

|     I am looking for a font that is similiar to the Symbol font in
|Apple LaserWriters.  We have a Qume CrystalPrint printer, and the
|symbol font is enough different to cause problems with eqn.  Any
|pointers to a suitable replacement would be appreciated.

I'm currently working on a symbol font using glyphs from the (freely
distributable) Hershey collection.  So far I'm missing quite a few
pieces including a few math symbols and the multi-part versions of
paren/bracket/brace/integral.

Which symbols are you having problems with?

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