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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html index 27a057382c5..c504e3e2a0f 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html @@ -7,35 +7,35 @@ other standard number sets. Traditionally these were typeset in bold. Because, in the ordinary course of events, mathematicians do not have access to bold chalk, they invented special symbols that are now often used for the number sets; these symbols are known as -“blackboard bold” (or double-stroked fonts); in place of the heavier +“blackboard bold” (or double-stroked fonts); in place of the heavier strokes of a bold font, (some) strokes of the letters are doubled. -The minimum useful set is upper-case letters ‘I’, ‘N’, ‘R’, ‘Q’ and -‘Z’; some fonts offer a figure ‘1’ (for a unit matrix — not a number +The minimum useful set is upper-case letters ‘I’, ‘N’, ‘R’, ‘Q’ and +‘Z’; some fonts offer a figure ‘1’ (for a unit matrix — not a number set at all). <p/>A set of blackboard bold capitals is available in the AMS <i>msbm</i> fonts (<i>msbm</i> is available at a range of design sizes, with names such as <i>msbm10</i>). The pair of font families (the other is called <i>msam</i>) have a large number of -mathematical symbols to supplement those provided in the Knuth’s +mathematical symbols to supplement those provided in the Knuth’s original TeX distribution, and are available in Type 1 format in modern distributions. Support files for using the fonts, both under Plain TeX and LaTeX (packages <i>amssymb</i> and <i>amsfonts</i>), are available. The font shape is a rather -austere sans, which many people don’t like (though it captures the +austere sans, which many people don’t like (though it captures the essence of quickly-chalked writing rather well). <p/>The <i>bbold</i> family is set of blackboard bold fonts written in Metafont. This set offers blackboard bold forms of lower-case letters; the font source directory also contains sources for a LaTeX package that enables use of the fonts. The fonts are not available in Type 1 format. <p/>The <i>bbm</i> family claims to provide -‘blackboard’ versions of most of the <i>cm</i> fonts … including +‘blackboard’ versions of most of the <i>cm</i> fonts … including the bold and bold-extended series. Again, the fonts are designed in Metafont and are not available in Type 1 format. LaTeX macro support comes from a package by Torsten Hilbrich. <p/>The <i>doublestroke</i> family comes in just roman and sans shapes, at a single weight, and is available both as Metafont sources and as Type 1; the font covers the uppercase latin letters, -lowercase ‘h’ and ’k’, and the digit ‘1’. +lowercase ‘h’ and ’k’, and the digit ‘1’. <p/>A document that shows the <i>bbm</i>, <i>bbold</i>, <i>doublestroke</i> and <i>msbm</i> fonts, so that you can get a feel for their appearance, is available (CTAN package @@ -44,15 +44,15 @@ a feel for their appearance, is available (CTAN package may be found in the steadily increasing set of complete families, both commercial and free, that have been prepared for use with (La)TeX (see -“<a href="FAQ-psfchoice.html">choice of outline fonts</a>”). +“<a href="FAQ-psfchoice.html">choice of outline fonts</a>”). Of the free sets, the <i>txfonts</i> and <i>pxfonts</i> families both come with replicas of <i>msam</i> and <i>msbm</i> (though, as noted elsewhere, there are other reasons not to use these -fonts). The <i>mathpazo</i> family includes a “mathematically -significant” choice of blackboard bold characters, and the +fonts). The <i>mathpazo</i> family includes a “mathematically +significant” choice of blackboard bold characters, and the <i>fourier</i> fonts contain blackboard bold upper-case letters, -the digit ‘1’, and lower-case ‘k’. -<p/>The “lazy person’s” blackboard bold macros: +the digit ‘1’, and lower-case ‘k’. +<p/>The “lazy person’s” blackboard bold macros: <blockquote> <pre> \newcommand{\R}{{\textsf{R}\hspace*{-0.9ex}% @@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ the digit ‘1’, and lower-case ‘k’. are almost acceptable at normal size if the surrounding text is <i>cmr10</i> (the position of the vertical bar can be affected by the surrounding font). However, they are not part of a proper maths font, -and do not work in sub- and superscripts. As we’ve seen, there are -plenty of alternatives: that mythical “lazy” person can inevitably -do better than the macros, or anything similar using capital ‘I’ +and do not work in sub- and superscripts. As we’ve seen, there are +plenty of alternatives: that mythical “lazy” person can inevitably +do better than the macros, or anything similar using capital ‘I’ (which looks even worse!). Voluntary (La)TeX effort has redefined the meaning of laziness (in this respect!). <dl> |