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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-09-09 00:14:44 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2010-09-09 00:14:44 +0000
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faq 3.20 (18aug10)
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-% $Id: faq-fonts.tex,v 1.6 2010/03/24 23:30:44 rf10 Exp $
+% $Id: faq-fonts.tex,v 1.8 2010/07/08 20:29:21 rf10 Exp rf10 $
\section{Fonts}
@@ -367,11 +367,12 @@ more details. In practice, if you do much non-English (but Latin
script) typesetting, you are strongly recommended to use the
\Package{fontenc} package with option `\pkgoption{T1}' to select
\Qref*{`Cork'}{Q-ECfonts} encoding.
-A useful alternative is \YandY{}'s ``private'' \acro{LY}1 encoding,
+
+An alternative favoured by some is \YandY{}'s ``private'' \acro{LY}1 encoding,
which is designed to sit well with ``Adobe standard'' encoded fonts.
-Basic support of \acro{LY1} is available on \acro{CTAN}: note that the
-``relation with Adobe's encoding'' means that there are no
-virtual fonts in the \acro{LY}1 world.
+Basic macro support of \acro{LY}1 is available: note that the
+``relation with Adobe's encoding'' means that the \acro{LY}1 user
+needs no virtual fonts.
Alan Jeffrey's \ProgName{fontinst} package is an \acro{AFM} to
\acro{TFM} converter written in \TeX{}; it is used to generate the
@@ -560,6 +561,12 @@ mathematics include:
\item[Computer Modern Bright]Free scalable outline versions of these
fonts do exist; they are covered below together with their
commercial parallels.
+\item[URW Classico](4 fonts) LaTeX support by Bob Tennent\\
+ These are clones of Zapf's Optima available from CTAN (for
+ non-commercial use only). Mathematics support can be provided by
+ using packages \Package{eulervm} or \Package{sansmath}. As a
+ sans-serif font family, Optima is especially suitable for
+ presentations.
\end{booklist}
The excellent \emph{font catalogue} keeps an % ! line break
\href{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/mathfonts.html}{up-to-date list}
@@ -863,12 +870,13 @@ are based on the early popularity of that format in the publishing industry.
Many service bureaus don't care as long as you present them with a finished
print file (\PS{} or \acro{PDF}) for their output device.
\begin{ctanrefs}
-\item[CM \nothtml{\normalfont}family collection]%
+\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}CM family collection]%
Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts}
-\item[AMS \nothtml{\normalfont}font collection]%
+\item[\nothtml{\normalfont}AMS font collection]%
Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts}
\item[Belleek \nothtml{\normalfont}fonts]%
\CTANref{belleek}
+\item[\nothtml{\normalfont} URW Classico fonts]\CTANref{classico}
\item[CM-super \nothtml{\normalfont}collection]\CTANref{cm-super}
\item[eulervm.sty \nothtml{\normalfont}and supporting metrics]%
\CTANref{eulervm}
@@ -887,6 +895,7 @@ print file (\PS{} or \acro{PDF}) for their output device.
\item[Minion Pro support]\CTANref{minionpro}
\item[MnSymbol \nothtml{\normalfont}family]\CTANref{mnsymbol}
\item[pxfonts]\CTANref{pxfonts}
+\item[sansmath.sty]\CTANref{sansmath}
\item[tmmath \nothtml{\normalfont\itshape}(free bitmapped version)]%
\CTANref{tmmath}
\item[txfonts]\CTANref{txfonts}