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author | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2023-12-13 03:03:57 +0000 |
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committer | Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info> | 2023-12-13 03:03:57 +0000 |
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diff --git a/fonts/newcomputermodern/doc/newcm-doc.tex b/fonts/newcomputermodern/doc/newcm-doc.tex index 96412c1b49..7d83476671 100644 --- a/fonts/newcomputermodern/doc/newcm-doc.tex +++ b/fonts/newcomputermodern/doc/newcm-doc.tex @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Language=Nepali, \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.4} -\title{The New Computer Modern FontFamily\\ version 5.0} +\title{The New Computer Modern FontFamily\\ version 5.01} \author{Antonis Tsolomitis} %\address{Department of Mathematics\\ University of the Aegean\\ Karlovassi, 832\,00 Samos\\ Greece} %\netaddress{atsol (at) aegean dot gr} @@ -979,18 +979,28 @@ $$ \subsection{Blackboard Bold} -The Math fonts in the past used to have the \textsc{ams} blackboard -bold letters, which were accessed with -the command \verb|\mathbb|. These designs were not matching in style -computer modern. Starting from version 5.0 of the fonts, they now contain a -the full Unicode list of blackboard bold in cm-matching design. -These are: +In version 5.0 of the fonts a new NewCM blackboard bold was introduced +in the place of the \textsc{ams} blackboard +bold letters. There were many complains from Mathematicians for this choice. +I have to make a statement here: it seems that although \textsc{ams} blackboard +bold are not matching with the computer modern design the long time +Mathematicians use them had its effect. People (including myself) +got used to it and find it difficult to feel their non-matching design. +Moreover, the new design can not be metrically equivalent with the past +so there will be slight changes in the older documents if re-run. +With this in mind and the fact that the new design should be considered +``beta'', as there are characters that need improvement, +I decided bring back to default the \textsc{ams} design and keep the +new design for new documents for the StylisticSet 3. + + + +The \textsc{ams} blackboard bold are: $$\mathbb{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}$$ $$\mathbb{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}$$ $$\mathbb{0123456789\ \pi\gamma\Gamma\Pi\Sigma\mitBbbD\mitBbbd\mitBbbe\mitBbbi\mitBbbj}$$ -The old shapes, the ones of \textsc{ams}, are also available for backwards -combatibility. To access them one needs to load the math font enabling the +To access the new ones needs to load the math font enabling the \verb|ss03| stylistic set using for example \noindent\verb|\setmathfont[StylisticSet=3]{NewCMMath-Book.otf}| @@ -1002,8 +1012,9 @@ $$\mathbb{0123456789\ \pi\gamma\Gamma\Pi\Sigma\mitBbbD\mitBbbd\mitBbbe\mitBbbi\m \setmathfont{NewCMMath-Book.otf} -If using \verb|fontsetup| then you can choose the \textsc{ams} blackboard bold -with the option \verb|amsbb|. +If using the latest \verb|fontsetup| (to be released soon) +then you can choose the NewCM blackboard bold +with the option \verb|newcmbb|. \subsection{Upright and extensible integrals} The Math fonts (both Regular and Book weights) include upright integrals |