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+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-symbols.tex
@@ -215,16 +215,19 @@ modern \TeX{} distributions.
any but the most basic \PS{} printers. A substantially identical
font (to the extent that the same metrics may be used) is
available from \acro{URW}, called URW Chancery L: it is distributed
- with Ghostscript, and as part of the ``URW base35'' bundle; the
+ as part of the ``URW base35'' bundle; the
\Package{urwchancal} package (which includes virtual fonts to tweak
appearance) provides for its use as a calligraphic font.
+
+ The TeX Gyre font family also includes a Chancery replacement,
+ \FontName{Chorus}; use it with \Package{tgchorus} (and ignore the
+ complaints about needing to change font shape).
\end{description}
Examples of the available styles are linked from the packages'
catalogue entries.
\begin{ctanrefs}
\item[eucal.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts}
\item[euler fonts]Distributed as part of \CTANref{amsfonts}
-\item[ghostscript]Browse \CTANref{ghostscript}
\item[mathabx \nothtml{\rmfamily}as \MF{}]\CTANref{mathabx}
\item[mathabx \nothtml{\rmfamily}in Type 1 format]\CTANref{mathabx-type1}
\item[mathrsfs.sty]Distributed as part of \CTANref{jknappen-macros}[mathrsfs]
@@ -232,6 +235,7 @@ catalogue entries.
\item[rsfs \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{rsfs}
\item[rsfso \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{rsfso}
\item[Script font examples]\CTANref{mathscript}
+\item[TeX Gyre Chorus font family]Distributed as part of \CTANref{tex-gyre}[tex-gyre-chorus]
\item[urwchancal]\CTANref{urwchancal}[urwchancal]
\item[URW Chancery L]Distributed as part of \CTANref{urw-base35}
\end{ctanrefs}
@@ -539,8 +543,9 @@ be a variation associated with French typography).
\LaTeX{} provides a command \cmdinvoke*{oldstylenums}{digits}, which
by default uses an old-style set embedded in Knuth's `math italic'
-font. The command isn't sensitive to the font style of surrounding
-text: the glyphs are only available to match the normal medium weight
+font. The command is only sensitive to `bold' of the font style of
+surrounding text: glyphs (for this command) are only available to
+match the normal medium and bold (i.e., bold-extended) weights of the
Computer Modern Roman fonts.
The \Package{textcomp} package changes \csx{oldstylenums} to use the
@@ -584,4 +589,5 @@ package. Similar support is also in the works for
\item[fontspec.sty]\CTANref{fontspec}
\item[mathpazo \nothtml{\rmfamily}fonts]\CTANref{mathpazo}
\end{ctanrefs}
+\LastEdit{2013-05-14}