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Problem about printing Lucida Math Symbol

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From: Giorgio Marinangeli
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 19:24
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Hello to everybody at this list.

I have a problem about printing mathematical symbols with a
Postscript laser printer.

I am using IBM DCF 4.0 in VM environment, with the Mathematical
Formula Formatter (MFF). I have no problems in printing the 'base'
mathematical symbols, but I am not able to print the 'extended'
symbols, such as 'ctimes' or 'gerank'.

From the 'DSMFPROF SCRIPT' file, I can see that to print these
extended mathematical symbols I need a special font named
'Lucida Math Symbol'. This font is defined in the CMS file
'PSCPLMS FONTPS', I have accessed the minidisk where this file
is located, and so I don't have any problems in scripting my
MFF files (no error with this font).

But when I receive the output file on my Pc and try to print it,
I get 'blanks' printed instead of the extended mathematical symbols.
By the way, the printer is an 'OPTRA R' by Lexmark (equivalent
to IBM 4049) with PostScript Level 2 emulation.
I suppose I should have to download in some way the 'Lucida Math
Symbol' font to my printer, but I don't know how to do it, or
even where to find or buy (?) this kind of font.

Is there anybody around who has already solved a problem like this ?
Any help will be much appreciated.

In any case, please send your answer directly to my e-mail address,
because I am not subscribed to this list.

Thank you in advance,
                            Giorgio Marinangeli


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   iiiiiiii          Giorgio Marinangeli
  iiiiiiiiii         Universita' di Bergamo
      iiii           Centro di Calcolo
   i   iiii          Piazza Rosate n. 2
  iii   iiii         24129 Bergamo - Italy
  iii     iiii
          ii ii      E-mail: ZEPHYR@IBGUNIV.BITNET
   iiiii ii                  ZEPHYR@UNIBG.IT
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