Path: utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!alberta!simon
From: simon@alberta.UUCP (Simon Tortike)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Symbol-Bold for Apple LaserWriter
Message-ID: <1509@pembina.UUCP>
Date: 5 Aug 88 16:03:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: pembina.1509
References: <15054@santra.UUCP> <9677@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <19972@cornell.UUCP>
Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Lines: 22
Summary: No Symbols-Bold, but it is needed

In article <19972@cornell.UUCP>, ho@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Alex Ho) writes:
> In article <9677@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> isle@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Ken Hancock) writes:
> >In article <15054@santra.UUCP> jmunkki@santra.UUCP (Juri Munkki) writes:
> >>The Apple LaserWriter II NT[X] does not print the symbol font in bold type.
> >>Is there an Adobe downloadable font for symbol-bold and symbol-italic
> >>or are there any other solutions?
> 

As far as I know, there is no bold variant of the Symbols Set, as the 
symbol font is called.  Bold greek letters are necessary in mathematical
typesetting of vectors in Gibb's notation.  In TeX I get it using the
poor man's bold---repeated offsetting of the character to get a slightly
blurred but (dare I say it?) bolder character.  references to bold greek
an be found in the Chicago Manual of Style and the TeXbook.  I have never
yet seen reference to slanted greek characters.
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