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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-09-28 00:46:28 +0000
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+isomath.sty: Math layout for scientists
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Copyright © 2008 Günter Milde <milde@users.berlios.de>
+Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+(v. 2 or later)
+
+Abstract
+========
+
+The isomath package enables formatting Greek and Latin letters as symbols
+for vectors, matrices, and tensors in the typefaces recommended for
+scientific papers by the International Standard ISO 31.
+
+
+Features
+========
+
+* Re-define Greek letters as \mathalpha, taking them from the "letters"
+ symbol fonts.
+
+* The macros \vectorsym, \matrixsym, and \tensorsym select an
+ ISO-conforming typeface.
+
+* For this, new math alphabets are defined:
+
+ \mathbold: for *boldface italic* (vector and matrix symbols),
+ \mathsans: for *sans-serif italic* ,
+ \mathboldsans: for *sans-serif bold italic* (tensor symbols).
+
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+This package builds on and extends fixmath.sty by Walter Schmidt.
+It also requires ifthen.sty and kvoptions.sty.
+
+The cmbright package is recommended for \mathsans and \mathboldsans
+matching with Computer Modern and derivatives.
+
+
+Installation
+============
+
+Copy isomath.sty to a suitable place in your TDS and make sure LaTeX can
+find it.
+
+Optionally, copy the documentation to a place where texdoc can find it.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+* \usepackage{isomath}
+
+ In many cases (when \sfdefault expands to "cmss"), the \mathboldsans
+ alphabet is neither bold nor sans, as "cmss" has no OML encoded
+ variants and maps to "cmmi".
+
+* Use cmbright for the sans-serif math alphabets::
+
+ \usepackage[sfdefault=cmbr]{isomath}
+
+* Redefine the standard \vec macro to typeset its argument in `bold
+ italic`::
+
+ \usepackage[sfdefault=cmbr]{isomath}
+ \renewcommand{\vec}{\vectorsym}
+
+* The mathdesign package comes with an OML encoded bold roman font but does
+ not use it for \mathbf in the default setting. With ::
+
+ \usepackage[charter]{mathdesign}
+ \usepackage[OMLmathbf,sfdefault=cmbr]{isomath}
+
+ \mathbf{\pi} works as expected.
+
+
+2008-09-25