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In article <SPQR.91Mar21192941@manutius.ecs.soton.ac.uk> spqr@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Sebastian Rahtz) writes:
>In article <1991Mar19.013622.6266@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) writes:
>
>   We are looking for a Postscript font that can be used on a Mac so we
>   can generate math symbols and certain math letters. The "symbol"
>   font is not enough. We would really like something that has all the symbols
>   that the TeX fonts do.
>
>since TeX has what you want, bite the bullet and use Computer Modern
>Roman maths fonts. Blue Sky Research will sell you the fonts in Adobe
>Type 1 format (or maybe its still Type 3) which you will presumably be
>able to use with your Mac applications OK.

Of course, you're also stuck using Computer Modern text fonts if you
want typographic consistency. And I, for one, can't stand them. (Modern
serif faces annoy me, to begin with.)


>Have you looked at the Lucida Maths fonts? They consciously set out to
>cover the same field as TeX's maths fonts

You might also like to look at Adobe's Mathematical Pi font. It actually
has more symbols than TeX. Lucida Math has all the base characters,
but does not include pre-built negation binary operators. Nor does it
have h-bar or black-letter capitals. It might be missing a few other
things as well, most of which could be patched in from other fonts, or
built. The one draw-back to Mathematical Pi is that it has six component
fonts, which would make it hard to memorize and down-load.

Incidentally, Adobe has a new service to provide you with various documents,
including typeface sample pages, via fax. It's 1-800-235-0078. Not bad.


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Steve Graham
graham@isis.ee.washington.edu
(206) 543-8115