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-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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