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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-10-09 22:55:11 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-10-09 22:55:11 +0000
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@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ are stable: their metrics are unlikely ever to change). Their serious
disadvantages for the casual user are their size (each EC font
is roughly twice the size of the corresponding CM font), and
there are far more of them than there are CM fonts. The simple
-number of fonts has acted as a disincentive to the production of Adobe
-Type 1 versions of the fonts, but several commercial suppliers offer
-EC or
-EC-equivalent fonts in type 1 or TrueType form &mdash; see
+number of fonts proved problematic in the production of Type 1
+versions of the fonts, but EC or EC-equivalent fonts in
+Type 1 or TrueType form (the latter only from
+ <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">commercial suppliers</a>).
-<a href="FAQ-commercial.html">commercial suppliers</a>. Free
-<a href="FAQ-textrace.html">auto-traced versions</a> (the CM-super
-and the LGC fonts), and the Latin Modern series (rather
+Free <a href="FAQ-textrace.html">auto-traced versions</a> &mdash; the CM-super
+and the LGC fonts, and the Latin Modern series (rather
directly generated from Metafont sources), are available.
<p/>
@@ -48,7 +47,8 @@ directly generated from Metafont sources), are available.
Note that the Cork encoding doesn&rsquo;t cover mathematics (and neither do
&ldquo;T1-encoded&rdquo; font families, of course). If you&rsquo;re using
Computer-Modern-alike fonts, this doesn&rsquo;t actually matter: your system
-will have the original Computer Modern fonts, which cover &lsquo;basic&rsquo;
+will have the original Computer Modern mathematical fonts (or the those
+distributed with the Latin Modern set), which cover &lsquo;basic&rsquo;
TeX mathematics; more advanced mathematics are likely to need
separate fonts anyway. Suitable mathematics fonts for use with other
font families are discussed in
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ for Adobe Type 1 fonts, and also by the <i>txfonts</i> and
(see <a href="FAQ-psfchoice.html">&ldquo;choice of scalable fonts&rdquo;</a>).
<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>CM-super fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super.zip">fonts/ps-type1/cm-super</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>CM-LGC fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc.zip">fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>EC and TC fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/ec.zip">fonts/ec</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/ec/">browse the directory</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>Latin Modern fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/lm.zip">fonts/lm</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/www.tex.ac.uk tex-archive/fonts/lm/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>CM-super fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super.zip">fonts/ps-type1/cm-super</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>CM-LGC fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc.zip">fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-lgc/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>EC and TC fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ec.zip">fonts/ec</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ec/">browse the directory</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>Latin Modern fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/lm.zip">fonts/lm</a> (or <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/lm/">browse the directory</a>)
</dl>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=ECfonts">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=ECfonts</a>
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