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diff --git a/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/abbott1.tex b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/abbott1.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..425b6cb712 --- /dev/null +++ b/usergrps/uktug/baskervi/4_4/abbott1.tex @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +\title{Times and more Times} +\author[Peter Abbott]{Peter Abbott\\\texttt{p.abbott@aston.ac.uk}} +\begin{Article} +At the UKTUG meeting on 21st January 1994, during the discussion on +font variations, samples of fonts from different foundries were +circulated. Adobe Times is the most common Times Roman font used in +almost all postscript printers. Perhaps it comes as no surprise +therefore that Monotype Times Roman is rarely mentioned. + +Many users seem quite happy to accept the Adobe font without question. +It provides readable text but there is more to life that just readable +text. I do not intend to take sides and merely present information +about the two fonts. A sample paragraph for the two fonts +is presented below. + +Examination of the \TeX\ font metric file reveals one reason for the +differences, namely xheight and space: + +{\footnotesize\begin{tabular}{ll} +Monotye Times &Adobe Times\\[5pt] +(FAMILY TEX-RMNTM) & (FAMILY TEX-RPTMR) \\ +(FONTDIMEN & (FONTDIMEN \\ + (SPACE R 0.333) & (SPACE R 0.25) \\ + (STRETCH R 0.2) & (STRETCH R 0.2) \\ + (SHRINK R 0.1) & (SHRINK R 0.1) \\ + (XHEIGHT R 0.458) & (XHEIGHT R 0.448) \\ +\end{tabular}} + +These variances give rise to the +varied appearance of the text shown in the examples. I leave the reader to +decide which gives the best visual appeal. + +The Monotype Times font is available as part of the CHEST deal to +higher education. + + +\end{multicols} +\begin{tabular}{P{.45\textwidth}P{.45\textwidth}} +\fontfamily{ptm}\selectfont +Our task is to create a paragraph illustrating what a typical piece of text +looks like in a particular \TeX\ font. It should be stressed that not all +\TeX\ fonts can be used for typesetting text. We need to show most of the +characters in this font---for instance, something like ``the quick brown fox +jumps over a lazy dog'' would use all the lower-case letters. +How about ``THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER 9876543210 LAZY DOGS'' to make +sure we show all the upper-case letters and digits? Such a paragraph would +hardly be typical! Then there's ligatures (try and fit in words like fluffy, +waffle, firefly, difficult) and examples of kerning (boxer, AWAY, vowel). +But how do we put all this stuff into a paragraph that makes sense!? +& +\fontfamily{mnt}\selectfont +Our task is to create a paragraph illustrating what a typical piece of text +looks like in a particular \TeX\ font. It should be stressed that not all +\TeX\ fonts can be used for typesetting text. We need to show most of the +characters in this font---for instance, something like ``the quick brown fox +jumps over a lazy dog'' would use all the lower-case letters. +How about ``THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER 9876543210 LAZY DOGS'' to make +sure we show all the upper-case letters and digits? Such a paragraph would +hardly be typical! Then there's ligatures (try and fit in words like fluffy, +waffle, firefly, difficult) and examples of kerning (boxer, AWAY, vowel). +But how do we put all this stuff into a paragraph that makes sense!?\\ +\Large\fontfamily{ptm}\selectfont +Our task is to create a paragraph illustrating what a typical piece of text +looks like in a particular \TeX\ font. It should be stressed that not all +\TeX\ fonts can be used for typesetting text. We need to show most of the +characters in this font---for instance, something like ``the quick brown fox +jumps over a lazy dog'' would use all the lower-case letters. +& +\Large \fontfamily{mnt}\selectfont +Our task is to create a paragraph illustrating what a typical piece of text +looks like in a particular \TeX\ font. It should be stressed that not all +\TeX\ fonts can be used for typesetting text. We need to show most of the +characters in this font---for instance, something like ``the quick brown fox +jumps over a lazy dog'' would use all the lower-case letters.\\ +\fontsize{40}{40pt}\selectfont Firefly & +\fontsize{40}{40pt}\selectfont Firefly \\ +\multicolumn{1}{c}{Adobe Times} & +\multicolumn{1}{c}{Monotype Times}\\ +\end{tabular} +\begin{multicols}{2} +\end{Article} +\endinput |