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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 cfa682358c0..57edaa32534 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 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label numbersets</title> </head><body> <h3>Symbols for the number sets</h3> -<p>It is a good idea to have commands such as <code>\</code><code>R</code> for the real numbers and +<p/>It is a good idea to have commands such as <code>\</code><code>R</code> for the real numbers and 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 @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ often used for <code>\</code><code>R</code>, <code>\</code><code>C</code>, <em>e 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 +<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 @@ -21,20 +21,20 @@ 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 essence of quickly-chalked writing rather well). -<p>The <i>bbold</i> family is set of blackboard bold fonts written in +<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 +<p/>The <i>bbm</i> family claims to provide ‘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 +<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’. -<p>An alternative source of Type 1 fonts with blackboard bold characters +<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 @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 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: +<p/>The “lazy person’s” blackboard bold macros: <blockquote> <pre> \newcommand{\R}{{\sf R\hspace*{-0.9ex}% @@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ looks even worse!). <dt><tt><i>pxfonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/pxfonts.zip">fonts/pxfonts</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/pxfonts.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/pxfonts/">browse</a>) <dt><tt><i>txfonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/txfonts.zip">fonts/txfonts</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/txfonts.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/txfonts/">browse</a>) </dl> -<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=numbersets">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=numbersets</a> +<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=numbersets">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=numbersets</a> </body> |