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Article #1127Diffs to Frequently Asked Questions about TeX and LaTeX [monthly]
From: Bobby Bodenheimer
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 02:27
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 02:27
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TeX Information'' to this newsgroup which contains other information and
software relevant to TeX users but beyond the scope of this article.
! This is version %I% for July, last changed %G%.
This article includes answers to:
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TeX Information'' to this newsgroup which contains other information and
software relevant to TeX users but beyond the scope of this article.
! This is version 1.28 for August, last changed 8/9/92.
This article includes answers to:
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18) How do I get METAFONT to do what I want it to do?
19) Where do I get TeX/LaTeX for machine Y running Q?
20) Where can I get a thesis style for LaTeX?
! 21) How do I get symbols for ``the real numbers'', ``the complex numbers``,
and so on?
22) What repositories of TeX material are available, and how can I
access them?
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18) How do I get METAFONT to do what I want it to do?
19) Where do I get TeX/LaTeX for machine Y running Q?
20) Where can I get a thesis style for LaTeX?
! 21) How do I get symbols for ``the real numbers'', ``the complex numbers'',
and so on?
22) What repositories of TeX material are available, and how can I
access them?
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Many of the answers below tell you that you can obtain something
through anonymous ftp. ``Ftp'' stands for file transfer protocol, and
! is also the name of a program which implements the program. The program
allows users to transfer files to and from remote sites, if the sites
are connected via a network such as the Internet. ``Anonymous ftp''
indicates that a user may connect to a remote site as the user
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Many of the answers below tell you that you can obtain something
through anonymous ftp. ``Ftp'' stands for file transfer protocol, and
! is also the name of a program which implements the protocol. The program
allows users to transfer files to and from remote sites, if the sites
are connected via a network such as the Internet. ``Anonymous ftp''
indicates that a user may connect to a remote site as the user
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NFSS is an extension to LaTeX written by Frank Mittelbach and Rainer
Sch\"opf. It is described in TUGboat, volume 10 (1989), No. 2.
In traditional typesetting, fonts are described by four parameters:
! the family (e.g., computer modern), the series (e.g., roman), the
! shape (e.g., bold), and the size. NFSS is a mechanism allowing
! the user to change any of these independently. NFSS makes it
! relatively easy to use nonstandard fonts such as the PostScript
! ones with LaTeX, and easy to change math fonts. It is backward
! compatible with the old font selection scheme.
NFSS will be part of version 2.10 of LaTeX. Currently, you need
to create a new format file to use it. It is available via
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NFSS is an extension to LaTeX written by Frank Mittelbach and Rainer
Sch\"opf. It is described in TUGboat, volume 10 (1989), No. 2.
In traditional typesetting, fonts are described by four parameters:
! the family (e.g., computer modern), the series (i.e., the weight and
! width of the font, like light or bold), the shape (e.g., italic), and
! the size. NFSS is a mechanism allowing the user to change any of these
! independently. NFSS makes it relatively easy to use nonstandard fonts
! such as the PostScript ones with LaTeX, and easy to change math fonts.
! It also allows dynamic loading of fonts at runtime (not when the
! format file is created). It is backward compatible with the old font
! selection scheme.
NFSS will be part of version 2.10 of LaTeX. Currently, you need
to create a new format file to use it. It is available via
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anonymous ftp from all the major archives mentioned in question
22. Its home is on rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.2.12) in
./soft/tex/latex-style-supported/nfss. NFSS can be used in plain
! TeX as well.
36) In LaTeX, my cross-references for floats (figures and tables) are
incorrect. What's wrong?
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anonymous ftp from all the major archives mentioned in question
22. Its home is on rusinfo.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (129.69.2.12) in
./soft/tex/latex-style-supported/nfss. NFSS can be used in plain
! TeX as well, through an interface written by Wayne Sullivan.
!
! There is one caveat that applies to LaTeX documents that are written
! for the OLD scheme: some of them use special styles for special fonts
! (pslatex, times.sty for PostScript, etc.). These special styles will
! not work under the NFSS.
36) In LaTeX, my cross-references for floats (figures and tables) are
incorrect. What's wrong?
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