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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html index e2fb5a5680a..cfa682358c0 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-numbersets.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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 the special symbols that are now often used for <code>\</code><code>R</code>, <code>\</code><code>C</code>, <em>etc</em>. These symbols are known -as "blackboard bold". Before insisting on using them, consider +as “blackboard bold”. Before insisting on using them, consider whether going back to the old system of ordinary bold might not be acceptable (it is certainly simpler). <p>A set of blackboard bold capitals is available in the AMS @@ -19,34 +19,34 @@ distribution, and are available in Type 1 format with most 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>An alternative source of Type 1 fonts with blackboard bold characters 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}{{\sf R\hspace*{-0.9ex}% @@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ the digit '1', and lower-case 'k'. \newcommand{\C}{{\sf C\hspace*{-0.9ex}% \rule{0.15ex}{1.3ex}\hspace*{0.9ex}}} </pre> -</blockquote> +</blockquote><p> are almost acceptable at normal size if the surrounding text is <i>cmr10</i>. However, they are not part of a proper maths font, and so do not work in sub- and superscripts. Moreover, the size and position of the vertical bar can be affected by the font of the -surrounding text. As we've seen, there are plenty of alternatives: -don't try the macros, or anything similar using capital 'I' (which +surrounding text. As we’ve seen, there are plenty of alternatives: +don’t try the macros, or anything similar using capital ‘I’ (which looks even worse!). <dl> <dt><tt><i>AMS support files (Plain)</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/plaintex.zip">fonts/amsfonts/plaintex</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/plaintex.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/plaintex/">browse</a>) |