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+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label scriptfonts</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Better script fonts for maths</h3>
+<p/>The font selected by <code>\</code><code>mathcal</code> is the only script font &lsquo;built
+in&rsquo;. However, there are other useful calligraphic fonts included with
+modern TeX distributions.
+<dl>
+<dt>Euler<dd> The <i>eucal</i> package (part of most sensible TeX
+ distributions; the fonts are part of the AMS font set) gives
+ a slightly curlier font than the default. The package changes the
+ font that is selected by <code>\</code><code>mathcal</code>.
+<p/> Type 1 versions of the fonts are available in the AMS fonts
+ distribution.
+<dt>RSFS<dd> The <i>mathrsfs</i> package uses a really fancy script
+ font (the name stands for &ldquo;Ralph Smith&rsquo;s Formal Script&rdquo;) which is
+ already part of most modern TeX distributions. The package
+ creates a new command <code>\</code><code>mathscr</code>.
+<p/> Type 1 versions of the font have been made available by Taco
+ Hoekwater.
+<dt>Zapf Chancery<dd> is the standard PostScript calligraphic font. There
+ is no package but you can easily make it available by means of the
+ command
+<pre>
+\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}%
+ {m}{it}
+</pre>
+ in your preamble. You may find the font rather too big; if so, you
+ can use a scaled version of it like this:
+<pre>
+\DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{pzc}{}
+\DeclareFontShape{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}%
+ {&lt;-&gt; s * [0.900] pzcmi7t}{}
+\DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathscr}{OT1}{pzc}%
+ {m}{it}
+</pre>
+<p/> Adobe Zapf Chancery (which the above examples use) is distributed in
+ any but the most basic PostScript printers. A substantially identical
+ font (to the extent that the same metrics may be used) is
+ available from URW and is distributed with
+ <i>ghostscript</i>.
+</dl>
+Examples of the available styles are available on CTAN.
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>eucal.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/latex/eucal.sty">fonts/amsfonts/latex/eucal.sty</a>
+<dt><tt><i>euler fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/sources/euler.zip">fonts/amsfonts/sources/euler</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/sources/euler.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/sources/euler/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>euler fonts, in Type 1 format</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1/">fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>ghostscript</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/ghostscript/">support/ghostscript/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>mathrsfs.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jknappen.zip">macros/latex/contrib/jknappen</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jknappen.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/jknappen/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>rsfs fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/rsfs.zip">fonts/rsfs</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/rsfs.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/rsfs/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>rsfs fonts, in Type 1 format</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/rsfs/ps-type1/hoekwater.zip">fonts/rsfs/ps-type1/hoekwater</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/rsfs/ps-type1/hoekwater.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/rsfs/ps-type1/hoekwater/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>Script font examples</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/symbols/math/scriptfonts.pdf">info/symbols/math/scriptfonts.pdf</a>
+</dl>
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=scriptfonts">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=scriptfonts</a>
+</body>