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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/amsfonts/READ.ME b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/amsfonts/READ.ME new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..8de91196148 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/amsfonts/READ.ME @@ -0,0 +1,226 @@ +AMSFonts 2.2 READ.ME January 1995 +This is a documentation file to accompany the AMSFonts 2.2 distribution. + +Copy all of the files in this directory (/pub/tex/amsfonts) and the following +subdirectories, into a corresponding directory tree on your system: + + All users: + /pub/tex/amsfonts/plaintex + /pub/tex/amsfonts/doc + /pub/tex/amsfonts/doc/latex + /pub/tex/amsfonts/latex + /pub/tex/amsfonts/tfm + + Users of Cyrillic text: + /pub/tex/amsfonts/alt-cyr + + Users who wish to use .pk files provided with the distribution: + appropriate subdirectories of /pub/tex/amsfonts/pk-files, + depending on resolution of output device + + Users who wish to generate their own .pk files: + /pub/tex/amsfonts/sources and its subdirectories + +Read the section below, "Installing AMSFonts 2.2 on your system," for +instructions for correct installation. + +If you are preparing to obtain the files in this distribution by ftp, +please note that transmission time can be improved by getting the files +in compressed format, if you have the necessary unpacking tools at your +end. + +From a CTAN archive, you can for example request dirname.zip to get the +contents of any directory in zipped form, and similarly for other common +compression formats; see the CTAN help information for more details. +(NOTE: subdirectories are automatically included; but in the case of the +AMSFonts distribution you should be careful to avoid retrieving all the +pk-files subdirectories, as they contain hundreds of files and it's +highly unlikely that you will require them all.) + +From the AMS archive at e-math.ams.org, .tar.Z or .tar files for +various common selections are available in the parent directory `ams'. +To unpack these you need `tar' and `uncompress' programs. + +----------------------------------------------------------------- + +What changes were made between AMSFonts 2.1 and AMSFonts 2.2? + +The primary change is the inclusion of LaTeX support macro files as +part of the AMSFonts distribution. The files in the "latex" subdirectory +of this directory are compatible with LaTeX2e, the current LaTeX standard. +Users of LaTeX 2.09 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to LaTeX2e, as +we do not support the use of AMSFonts with LaTeX 2.09. + +The only significant change to the characters in the fonts was a bug +fix which corrected an anomaly in the Blackboard Bold N character from +the MSBM fonts. That character printed incorrectly at a few +resolutions (including 600dpi), and it now prints correctly at all +resolutions. The metrics for AMSFonts 2.2 are not different from those +for AMSFonts 2.1. + +There has also been a slight change to the file amssym.tex, and very +significant changes to the User's Guide. + +----------------------------------------------------------------- + +INSTALLING AMSFonts 2.2 ON YOUR SYSTEM + +1. Installing the fonts: + +The files from the appropriate subdirectory of the pk-files +subdirectory of this directory (/pub/tex/amsfonts/pk-files/dpi118 for +118dpi fonts, /pub/tex/amsfonts/pk-files/dpi180 for 180dpi fonts, +etc.) should be copied into the directory/ies where your device +drivers look for .pk files to translate .dvi files into printed or +displayed output. + +If your TeX looks at one directory, where the magnifications and resolutions +of the pk files are indicated as part of the extension of the filename, then +you may copy them precisely as they are. If your TeX expects all pk files to +have the extension simply `.pk' and the magnifications and resolutions are +determined by the name of the subdirectory in which they appear, then you +will want to copy them into subdirectories named similarly to their current +extensions, and rename them all to have extension `.pk'. For example, if your +TeX looks for a subdirectory named DPI300 for 300dpi pk files, then you will +want to copy all of the files *.300pk into that directory and then rename +them all to *.pk; also copy *.329pk into DPI329 (or whatever name your TeX +uses) and then rename them all to *.pk; etc... + +The .tfm files from the directory /pub/tex/amsfonts/tfm should be +copied into the directory on your system where your implementation of +TeX looks for .tfm files. + +2. Installing the auxiliary files: + +There are two sets of files which provide macros necessary for using +AMSFonts 2.2 in TeX. One set is for Plain TeX or AMS-TeX, and one set +is for LaTeX. If you use Plain TeX or AMS-TeX, then the files in +/pub/tex/amsfonts/plaintex should be placed in the directory (or a +directory in the path) which your implementation of TeX searches for +input files. If you use LaTeX2e, then the files in +/pub/tex/amsfonts/latex should be placed in that directory. + +WARNING: If your version of LaTeX2e is earlier than December 1996, and +if your operating system and TeX implementation both refer to +filenames in a case-sensitive manner, you will need to use the .fd +files in the obsolete subdirectory of the latex directory, instead of +the .fd files in the latex directory. Note that this generally does +not apply to you if you are using DOS/Windows or using Textures +on the Macintosh. However, if you are using TeX in Unix or using +OzTeX on a Macintosh, this warning does apply to you. + +If you are likely to use LaTeX2e as well as Plain TeX or AMS-TeX, then +install the files from both directories where your TeX will find them +for input. + +If you use LaTeX 2.09, then we strongly encourage you to upgrade your +installation to LaTeX2e, as this is the current standard for LaTeX +throughout the world, and we do not provide support for use of +AMSFonts in LaTeX 2.09. + +3. The User's Guide: + +The `doc' subdirectory (/pub/tex/amsfonts/doc) contains five files which +have filenames beginning with `amsfndoc'. In order to TeX and print +the entire User's Guide, you must first install the fonts. When you +have completed all of the above installation steps, run the file +`amsfndoc.tex' through TeX. It will input the other four `amsfndoc' +files. The output will be a complete guide to the use of AMSFonts 2.1. +NOTE: Do NOT use AMS-TeX or LaTeX to TeX amsfndoc.tex; simply use +Plain TeX. + +This directory also contains a file called "amsfonts.faq" in which we +will place frequently asked questions about AMSFonts. + +The /latex subdirectory of the "doc" directory contains LaTeX .dtx +files containing technical commentary on the source code for the LaTeX +support files in the AMSFonts distribution. Although these .dtx files +are included for reference, most users can ignore them. + +4. Other files: + +Some PC device drivers have a font table which needs to be updated in order +for the driver to recognize the fonts. For instance, the TeX Preview software +provided by ArborText has a file called `preview.fnt' which contains the names +of all fonts which the Preview program is expected to find, and the effective +resolutions (resolution multiplied by magnification) at which to find them. In +order to use AMSFonts with this, or any other software which uses such a table, +you must enter the names of each of the fonts in the AMSFonts package and the +effective resolutions at which you have them installed. The file +`amsfonts.lst' in the /pub/tex/amsfonts directory contains a list of all of the +font names and all of the resolutions for the 118dpi and 300dpi distribution. +You may have to alter the format of this file to make it conform to your +driver's needs or to reflect installation of only some of the fonts, or +globally some of the resolutions with different ones (e.g. replace all +magnifications of 300dpi with corresponding magnifications of 240dpi). See the +documentation for your device driver to see what format is required. IF YOUR +DEVICE DRIVER DOES NOT DEPEND ON SUCH A TABLE, THIS FILE IS NOT NECESSARY. + +----------------------------------------------------------------- + +USE OF THE LATEX `amsfonts' PACKAGE + +Version 2.2 of the LaTeX package amsfonts.sty is carefully constructed +to allow it to be used for processing pre-existing documents originally +written for AMS-LaTeX 1.2beta or earlier. This means that documents that +loaded amsfonts.sty through statements such as the following should +continue to work without change. + +1. \documentstyle[amsfonts]{article} + +2. \documentstyle[amstex]{article} + +3. \documentstyle[amssymb]{article} + +4. \documentstyle{amsart} + +5. \documentclass{amsart} + +6. \documentclass{article} + \usepackage{amsfonts} + +7. \documentclass{article} + \usepackage{amstex} + +8. \documentclass{article} + \usepackage{amssymb} + +There is an exception, however, for the variants 6 and 7: If your document +was written for AMS-LaTeX 1.2beta, some time in 1994, AND if it uses any +of the symbols + + \square \Box + \lozenge \Diamond + \vartriangleright \rhd + \vartriangleleft \lhd + \trianglerighteq \unrhd + \trianglelefteq \unlhd + \rightsquigarrow \leadsto + \Join + +then you may find that those symbol commands now produce `Undefined +control sequence' errors. The easiest way to fix this is to load +the amssymb package, i.e. change variants 6 and 7 to + +6a. \documentclass{article} + \usepackage{amssymb} + +7a. \documentclass{article} + \usepackage{amssymb,amstex} + +For symbols \Box, etc, you have a choice of either adding the latexsym +package or defining them in terms of the equivalent symbols from the +amssymb package. + +----------------------------------------- +Questions concerning the use of AMSFonts may be directed to: + +Technical Support +Electronic Products and Services +American Mathematical Society +201 Charles Street +P.O. Box 6248 +Providence, RI 02940 USA + (800) 321-4AMS (321-4267) ext. 4080 + (401) 455-4080 +Internet: tech-support@math.ams.org |