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Article #1047Re: TeX, Changing font Styles in LaTeX
From: Bruce Langdon
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 04:07
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 04:07
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In article <5030@cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
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> How does one go about changing the default font style used by
> TeX and or LaTeX? We would like to use the Helvetica font, resident
> in the Apple LaserWriter. We would like to use it for the math,
> formula, equation, etc., styles too.
For some reason that is alien to my eye, people here do that. Serifs
are there to enhance readability, according to some people.
But today my viewgraphs with their beautiful TeX mathematics were
transmogrified into tech-info-official Helvetica. Goodbye, all that is
known about readable and elegant math typesetting.
Your tax dollars at work.
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Bruce Langdon L-472 langdon@lll-lcc.llnl.gov
Physics Department 14363%mfe.mfenet@nmfecc.llnl.gov
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory langdon@ocfmail.ocf.llnl.gov
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!langdon From: langdon@lll-lcc.UUCP (Bruce Langdon) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: TeX, Changing font Styles in LaTeX Summary: Helvetica is *not* designed for mathematics! Message-ID: <2631@lll-lcc.UUCP> Date: 19 Oct 89 04:07:12 GMT References: <5030@cps3xx.UUCP> Distribution: usa Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca Lines: 19