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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/chemarrow/chemarrow.tex b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/chemarrow/chemarrow.tex new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..75837e59370 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/fonts/chemarrow/chemarrow.tex @@ -0,0 +1,184 @@ +\documentclass[DIV=9, pagesize=auto]{scrartcl} + +\usepackage{fixltx2e} +\usepackage{etex} +\usepackage{lmodern} +\usepackage{mflogo} +\usepackage{wasysym} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{textcomp} +\usepackage{array} +\usepackage{microtype} +\usepackage[unicode=true]{hyperref} + +\newcommand*{\mail}[1]{\href{mailto:#1}{\texttt{#1}}} +\newcommand*{\pkg}[1]{\textsf{#1}} +\newcommand*{\cs}[1]{\texttt{\textbackslash#1}} +\makeatletter +\newcommand*{\cmd}[1]{\cs{\expandafter\@gobble\string#1}} +\makeatother + +\addtokomafont{title}{\rmfamily} + +\title{The \pkg{chemarrow} package} +\subtitle{New arrow heads for chemical reaction schemes} +\author{Thomas Schroeder\\\mail{schroeder@ictw.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de}} +\date{4 February 2001} + + +\begin{document} + +\maketitle + +\tableofcontents + +\section{What's the name of the game?} + +\LaTeX\ can be used to typeset many kinds of different documents, but +typesetting chemical reactions is esthetically not very pleasing because +\LaTeX's own arrows \cmd{\rightarrow}, \cmd{\leftarrow} and \cmd{\rightleftharpoons} which +you might use for this purpose are too short and the arrow heads are not +like the ``standard'' ones you will find in books or journals on chemistry. + +The macro \texttt{chemarrow.sty} in conjunction with the font \texttt{arrow.mf} is supposed +to make the typesetting of chemical reaction schemes in \LaTeX\ easier and +especially nicer looking. + + +\section{Dateien} + +\begin{tabular}{@{}>{\ttfamily}l>{\raggedright\arraybackslash}p{85mm}@{}} + arrow.mf & \MF\ source code of the \pkg{arrow} font \\ + arrow.tfm & \texttt{.tfm} Datei of \pkg{arrow} for the use with \TeX \\ + chemarrow.sty & macro for the typesetting of arrows in chemical reaction schemes \\ + Readme.txt & English Readme \\ + testchem.tex & test file for \texttt{chemarrow.sty} and \texttt{arrow.mf} \\ + Liesmich.txt & German Readme \\ + Type 1/arrow Mac.sit.hqx & type~1 version of \pkg{arrow} for Macintosh \\ + Type 1/arrow PC.zip & type~1 version of \pkg{arrow} for PC/Unix \\ + Type 1/arrow.mp & \MP\ source code of \pkg{arrow} +\end{tabular} + +\medskip + +There is no need to copy the FontLab file \texttt{arrow.vfb} included in both of the +type~1 archives, I just put it there in case you want to enhance my designs \smiley + + +\section{Usage} + +The examples in the file \texttt{testchem.tex} should be sufficient for the +understanding of how \texttt{chemarrow.sty} works, and there's also a short +description in \texttt{chemarrow.sty} of all the newly defined commands. To use the +package, \texttt{arrow.tfm} must be copied to a directory where \LaTeX\ will be +searching for \texttt{.tfm} files, \texttt{arrow.mf} must be copied to a directory where +\MF\ will be searching for \MF\ sources. The required \texttt{.pk} files +should be produced automatically by a \textsc{dvi} previewer or a printer driver. + +There are also type~1 fonts of \texttt{arrow.mf} in Mac and PC/Unix format so that +you can produce PDF documents easily. To use the type~1 font it must be +copied to a directory where \TeX\ and friends will be searching for type~1 +fonts, the best place would of course be where the Computer Modern type~1 +fonts reside. + +If dvips is supposed to use the type~1 font instead of the \texttt{.pk} font you +must add this line to \texttt{psfonts.map}: +% +\begin{itemize} +\item for Macintosh:\\ + \verb+arrow arrow <arrow+ + +\item for PC/Unix:\\ + \verb+arrow arrow <arrow.pfb+ +\end{itemize} + +If you use pdf\TeX\ instead of \texttt{dvips} and Acrobat Distiller you must also add +this line to \texttt{pdftex.map}: +% +\begin{verbatim} +arrow <arrow.pfb +\end{verbatim} + + +\section{Disclaimer} + +The macro \texttt{chemarrow.sty} and the font \texttt{arrow.mf} are quick hacks for my own +needs, I cannot guarantee that they will work an other systems than my own. +In exchange I am publishing this package as free software which means you +can do whatever you like with it and it comes for free. I would just like +to ask that in case you do make changes und publish the package or any parts of +it to add your own name or replace it with mine. Thank you. + +Any hints and suggestions will be accepted gratefully. + + +\section{History} + +As I was looking for new arrows I found a quite new font named \texttt{cryst.mf} by +Ulrich Mueller which I rather liked. After a few modifications the new font +\texttt{arrow.mf} was born. + +I received a macro by Andreas Hertwig with which you can typeset arrows +that will change in size. I modified this macro to my needs and replaced the +original arrows with the arrows from \texttt{arrow.mf}. The original macro was apparently +posted in a \TeX\ mailing list, but its author is unfortunately unknown. So, if +you are the original author and read this I'd like to thank you for your work! + +The most time consuming and complicated part was to produce a type~1 font +from my \MF\ sources. Unfortunately there is no free software to do +this \frownie +Also, if you include \texttt{.pk} fonts into PDF documents you won' get nice results +because Acrobat Reader renders them very poorly. Therefore it is vital to +include type~1 fonts into a PDF document \frownie + +Using \texttt{arrow.mp} which is a slightly modified \texttt{arrow.mf} in combination with +\MP\ and \texttt{mfplain} I was able to produce graphics in the EPS format which I +imported into a demo of FontLab~3.0. After a few steps and reducing the +size to 79\% I was able to save the font in type~1 format. + + +\section{Problems} + +Unfortunately I am no expert on creating fonts. This is probably why the +arrows will show on some platforms only at 125\% or larger. Below 125\% there +will only be some strokes \frownie + +I think if someone did a manual hinting of the font then this problem +would be remedied, but this will probably not be me because this is out of +my league and beyond the time limit of the demo of FontLab \smiley + +So if there is somebody out there who is able to help me with this problem +I'd be grateful. + + +\section{Future versions} + +To tell you the truth, I don't really know if there will be future versions +because as far as I'm concerned the package works as it is supposed to. +The direct linking of the \pkg{arrow} font in \texttt{chemarrow.sty} is maybe not so nice, +so this might be something I will change in the future. The rendering +problem of PDF documents on some platforms is also not very nice so if +some sort of solution pops up I will publish it. + + +\section{Thank-Yous} + +\begin{itemize} +\item D. E. Knuth for \TeX +\item L. Lamport for \LaTeX +\item to the \LaTeX3 team for \LaTeXe +\item A. Hertwig for being so nice to give me the original macro +\item to the unknown author of the original macro +\item U. Mueller for \texttt{cryst.mf} +\end{itemize} + + +\section{Author} + +Thomas Schroeder\\ +\mail{schroeder@ictw.chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de} + +PS: Sorry for any misspellings and such, English is not my native +language \smiley + +\end{document} |