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Re: Are there any 'real' fonts available?

#735
From: Jan Michael Rynning
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1989 11:55
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In article <1006@adobe.UUCP> greid@adobe.COM (Glenn Reid) writes:
>I think the new "Adobe Originals" collection will help.  In particular,
>the new Adobe Garamond font and Utopia, both designed at Adobe, contain:
>
>    * ff fi fl ffi ffl ligatures
>    * small capitals
>    * old style digits
>    * alternates (swash capitals, ornaments, alternative letters)
>    * superior letters: a,b,d,e,i,l,m,n,o,r,s,t
>    * titling capitals (for use at larger point sizes, as in display)
>    * miscellaneous: symbols, punctuation, dot leaders, etc.

Are the small capitals of these fonts the tradititional type of small
capitals, i.e. with a height equal to the normal x-height of the font?

Do they have a sufficiently large set of mathematical symbols, or are
we supposed to use Lucida (or Knuth's Computer Modern) for mathematical
typesetting?  Does Lucida have all the things mentioned above?

>Call 1-88-83-FONTS to get a copy of the "Font and Function" catalog
>for more details....

Hmmm...  I only have digits on my telephone dial.  How do the letters
map to digits?

Jan Michael Rynning,			jmr@nada.kth.se
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From: jmr@nada.kth.se (Jan Michael Rynning)
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Subject: Re: Are there any 'real' fonts available?
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Date: 24 Jul 89 11:55:28 GMT
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