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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/amsfonts/amsfonts.faq b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/amsfonts/amsfonts.faq deleted file mode 100644 index 00b06cc3e3d..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/amsfonts/amsfonts.faq +++ /dev/null @@ -1,131 +0,0 @@ -amsfonts.faq, last updated 2002/01/18 - - Frequently Asked Questions about the AMSFonts Distribution - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(1) I'm using LaTeX -- How do I get bold greek, or bold italic letters -a,A,b,B,... in math? - -Get the amsbsy.sty package in the amslatex distribution, which provides -a \boldsymbol command that can be applied to Greek and Latin letters -(e.g., \boldsymbol{\beta} or \boldsymbol{M}). - -This package is not included in the AMSFonts distribution because the -bold fonts that will most often be required -- cmmib and cmbsy -- have -since 1994 been considered to be part of the standard LaTeX font set, -so they should be at your disposal whether or not you have the AMSFonts -collection installed. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(2) I use a 360dpi printer. Can I use one of the sets of .pk files which -are posted on the archive, or do I need to generate my own files from -the Metafont source code? - -If you want pk files for a 360dpi printer, the simplest thing to do is -to retrieve the 300dpi pk files and install them. Since they include -the fonts at magsteps 0 through 5, and since each magstep is 1.2 times -the previous one, 300dpi at magsteps 0 through 5 is also 360dpi at -magsteps 0 through 4. All you will be missing is magstephalf and -magstep 5, which most people don't use anyway. In other words, if you -look at the contents of the 300dpi distribution, you will see for each -font a 300, 329, 360, 432, 518, 622, and 746 dpi pk file. The last five -of these are useful for a 360dpi printer. - -If you wish to have pk files for magstephalf and magstep5 at 360dpi, -you will have to generate them yourself using Metafont, but you can -very likely get along without them. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(3) How can I get PostScript outlines of AMSFonts? - -PostScript Type 1 versions of the AMSFonts can be obtained from the AMS -web server at http://www.ams.org/tex/type1-fonts.html. The collection -is mirrored onto CTAN, in the area fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1. - -Only sizes 5, 7, and 10-point are included in this collection. When -using these fonts, it is generally advisable to use the `psamsfonts' -option to access them. This option is supported for both (AMS-)LaTeX -and AMS-TeX; see the AMSFonts User's Guide for details. - -Warning: If `psamsfonts' is added to an existing document, it may result -in some differences in line and page breaks. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(4) I use OzTeX. The Macintosh AMSFonts package is for use with Textures. -What do I do? - -OzTeX is an implementation of TeX on the Macintosh which behaves similarly -to implementations in DOS or Unix. The files for use with DOS and Unix can -be used in OzTeX on the Macintosh. In the installation instructions, -simply substitute "folder" for "directory" in all cases. - -The current OzTeX distribution includes the version of the AMSFonts as -of when the distribution was compiled. If your version of OzTeX is not -the most recent, updating it may be the simplest way of installing the -AMSFonts. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(5) Why isn't a 10-point font for cmcsc, cmmib, cmbsy, or cmex included -in the AMSFonts package? - -All of these fonts at 10-point are included in the standard set of fonts -with any implementation of TeX. If you do not have them available on -your system, re-install the fonts from the original distribution files -of your TeX implementation or contact the distributor/vendor of that -implementation of TeX. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(6) What happened to the fonts msxm* and msym*? - -A very early release of AMSFonts in the mid-1980s included fonts called -msxm5-10 and msym5-10. These were replaced in the late 1980s by the -fonts msam5-10 and msbm5-10 (included in this distribution). The msxm -and msym fonts were done in a very early version of Metafont which is -no longer available. The Metafont code for these fonts will not work -with current implementations of Metafont in current operating systems. -This means that the msxm and msym fonts cannot be generated. They are -not supported by the AMS, and their use or distribution is strongly -discouraged. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(7) I've seen a fancy script font used in AMS publications. Why isn't it -included in AMSFonts, and where can I get it? - -Many AMS publications use some proprietary fonts which were purchased -from commercial font vendors and are not in the public domain. This -includes the script font which appears in many of our books and -journals. Users who wish to purchase such a font in PostScript or -TrueType outline form from a commercial font vendor will also need to -convert the metrics file from the vendor into a .tfm file using one of -the available programs for doing to (Tomas Rokicki's afm2tfm is in the -public domain, and Y&Y's afmtotfm is a proprietary program). - -Another option that may prove satisfactory is to use the rsfs font -- -`Ralph Smith's Fancy Script'. This can be found on CTAN in the area -fonts/rsfs/ ; both Metafont and Type 1 versions are available. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(8) I'm using Textures on a Macintosh, and I followed the instructions -for installing msam* and msbm*, but some of the symbols won't print or -display properly on the screen. What's wrong? - -Although there are several possible causes, the easiest one to put right -is a setting for the monitor that instructs it to use more than 256 -colors. If this is reset to exactly 256, the symbols should appear as -expected. - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -(9) I'm using babel with the polish option as well as the amssymb package. -There is an error: ! LaTeX Error: Command `\lll' already defined. How -can I avoid this error? - -In amssymb, there is a synonum for \lll, namely \llless, so anyone who -needs to use babel with the polish option does not lose access to this -symbol. In polish.ldf, \lll is used as an internal command. It has been -suggested to replace this by a command using `@' to avoid conflicts of -this sort; whether or not that is done, the error can be avoided by -loading amssymb before babel: - \usepackage{amssymb} - \usepackage[polish]{babel} - -%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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