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@@ -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