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diff --git a/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.pdf b/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.pdf Binary files differindex c7e66a0361..d8405f51b9 100644 --- a/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.pdf +++ b/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.pdf diff --git a/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.tex b/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.tex index b80afe6d95..a47f1359e6 100644 --- a/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.tex +++ b/fonts/rsfso/doc/rsfso-doc.tex @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ -% !TEX TS-program = pdflatex +% !TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk \documentclass[11pt]{amsart} \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} %\geometry{landscape} % Activate for rotated page geometry \usepackage[parfill]{parskip} % Activate to begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent \usepackage{graphicx} -\usepackage{rsfso}% so \mathcal uses acute rsfs +\usepackage{etbb} +\usepackage[libertine,varbb]{newtxmath} +\usepackage[cal=rsfso,scr=rsfs]{mathalpha}% so \mathcal uses acute rsfs \usepackage{mathrsfs}% so \mathscr uses natural rsfs \title{An acute script font based on RSFS} @@ -14,9 +16,19 @@ \begin{document} \maketitle -The {\tt rsfs} fonts are, in their natural states, very oblique, appearing to be slanted to the right at close to 45$^\circ$. In my opinion, this makes them less suited for use as a replacement for \verb|\mathcal|. (The \verb|\mathrsfs| package defines \verb|\mathscr| to use {\tt rsfs} for output.) +The {\tt rsfs} fonts are, in their natural states, very oblique, appearing to be slanted to the right at close to 45$^\circ$. In my opinion, this makes them less suited for use as a replacement for \verb|\mathcal|. If you choose to use the {\tt rsfs} fonts, it is best to invoke them via the {\tt mathalpha} package. For example: +\begin{verbatim} +\usepackage[cal=rsfs,calscale=1.03]{mathalpha} % invoke as \mathcal scaled up 3% +\end{verbatim} +or +\begin{verbatim} +\usepackage[scr=rsfs,scrscale=1.03]{mathalpha} % invoke as \mathscr +\end{verbatim} -The purpose of this package is to make a collection of virtual fonts from the {\tt rsfs} PostScript fonts that remove much of the slant. The {\tt o} in {\tt rsfso} stands for {\tt oblique}, though {\tt acute} would be a better description. The end result is quite similar in appearance, modulo a few flourishes, to the commercial script font in the Adobe Mathematical Pi collection. Here is a sample (as a png snapshot) of the latter, produced via \verb|\usepackage[mathcal]{mathpi}|. +%(The \verb|mathrsfs| package defines \verb|\mathscr| to use {\tt rsfs} for output.) + +The purpose of this package is to make a collection of virtual fonts from the {\tt rsfs} PostScript fonts that remove much of the slant. The {\tt o} in {\tt rsfso} stands for {\tt oblique}, though {\tt acute} would be a better description. The end result is quite similar in appearance, modulo a few flourishes, to the commercial script font in the Adobe Mathematical Pi collection. Here is a sample (as a png snapshot) of the latter, produced via \verb|\usepackage[mathcal]{mathpi}| but also useable +via {\tt mathalpha} with the incantation \verb|\usepackage[cal=mathpi]{mathalpha}|. \includegraphics{mh2scr0} @@ -26,14 +38,12 @@ $\mathcal{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}$ $\mathcal{\hat{A}}\mathcal{\hat{F}}_i\mathcal{\bar{M}}^2_k$ -and with {\tt mathrsfs} you get +Compare this to the output from {\tt rsfs}: $\mathscr{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}$ $\mathscr{\hat{A}}\mathscr{\hat{F}}_i\mathscr{\bar{M}}^2_k$ -The {\tt rsfso} package has two options: {\tt scr} causes a redefinition of \verb|\mathscr| rather than \verb|\mathcal|, and {\tt [scaled=1.1]} expands the size by a factor of 1.1, allowing you to match the size of the \verb|\mathcal| (or \verb|\mathscr|) output to your math font. - -The virtual font production and their metric adjustments were carried out using the author's freely available OS X program {\tt TeXFontUtility} which serves, among other functions, as a visual front-end to some {\tt fontinst} manipulations. +The {\tt rsfso} package has two options: {\tt scr} causes a redefinition of \verb|\mathscr| rather than \verb|\mathcal|, and {\tt [scaled=1.1]} expands the size by a factor of 1.1, allowing you to match the size of the \verb|\mathcal| (or \verb|\mathscr|) output to your math font. IMO, it is better to use it via the {\tt mathalpha} package, as it provides a shared syntax for loading a large number of mathematical alphabets. \end{document} |