Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!jade!ucbvax!cbosgd!osu-cis!osupyr!gae From: gae@osupyr.UUCP (Gerald Edgar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: mathematical laser fonts Message-ID: <356@osupyr.UUCP> Date: 15 Dec 87 18:34:59 GMT References: <1576@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> Reply-To: gae@osupyr.UUCP (Gerald Edgar) Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math. Lines: 67 Keywords: font, logic, PostScript, laser printer, symbols ----- News saved at 15 Dec 87 18:33:22 GMT In article <1576@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> jack@cs.hw.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes: >What mathematical laser fonts are available? >What I need is: > - logic and theoretical computer science symbols (like the old Ophir > bitmap font, but with the squared-off set theory symbols used in > domain theory); > - symbols for the better known algebraic structures (N, Z, Q, A, R, C) > (is there a font that looks like these do as usually printed?); > - subscripts and superscripts with little enough leading not to > sabotage inter-line spacing in programs like WriteNow; > - maybe some of the more useful German capital letters. It sounds like you need TeX with the AMSFonts. All of the things you mention (and hundreds more) are included. Of course, the reason is that it is used by the American Mathematical Society to publish its journals. -- Gerald A. Edgar TS1871@OHSTVMA.bitnet Department of Mathematics gae@osupyr.UUCP The Ohio State University ...{akgua,gatech,ihnp4,ulysses}!cbosgd!osupyr!gae Columbus, OH 43210 70715,1324 CompuServe Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.theory Subject: Re: mathematical laser fonts Summary: Expires: References: <1576@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> Sender: Reply-To: gae@osupyr.UUCP (Gerald Edgar) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: The Ohio State University, Dept. of Math. Keywords: font, logic, PostScript, laser printer, symbols In article <1576@brahma.cs.hw.ac.uk> jack@cs.hw.ac.uk (Jack Campin) writes: >What mathematical laser fonts are available? >What I need is: > - logic and theoretical computer science symbols (like the old Ophir > bitmap font, but with the squared-off set theory symbols used in > domain theory); > - symbols for the better known algebraic structures (N, Z, Q, A, R, C) > (is there a font that looks like these do as usually printed?); > - subscripts and superscripts with little enough leading not to > sabotage inter-line spacing in programs like WriteNow; > - maybe some of the more useful German capital letters. It sounds like you need TeX with the AMSFonts. All of the things you mention (and hundreds more) are included. Of course, the reason is that it is used by the American Mathematical Society to publish its journals. -- Gerald A. Edgar TS1871@OHSTVMA.bitnet Department of Mathematics gae@osupyr.UUCP The Ohio State University ...{akgua,gatech,ihnp4,ulysses}!cbosgd!osupyr!gae Columbus, OH 43210 70715,1324 CompuServe