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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-psfchoice.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-psfchoice.html index e7b2aeebaea..290f4b4e55c 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-psfchoice.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-psfchoice.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ by or by <a href="http://tug.org/TUGboat/Articles/tb19-2/tb59bouc.pdf">Thierry Bouche in <i>TUGboat</i> 19(2)</a>). -For maths, then, there are relatively few choices (though the list is +For mathematics, then, there are relatively few choices (though the list is at last growing). There are several font families available that are based on Knuth’s original designs, and some that complement other commercial text font designs; one set (MicroPress’s ‘informal math’) @@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ mathematics include: versions of the fonts. <dt>AMS fonts<dd>(52 fonts, optical scaling) The AMS<br> This set of fonts offers adjuncts to the CM set, including - two sets of symbol fonts (<code>msam</code> and <code>msbm</code>) and Euler text fonts. + two sets of symbol fonts (<i>msam</i> and <i>msbm</i>) and + Euler text fonts. These are not a self-standing family, but merit discussion here (not least because several other families mimic the symbol fonts). Freely-available Type 1 versions of the fonts are available on @@ -63,16 +64,19 @@ mathematics include: fonts come with a <i>fourier</i> package for use with LaTeX; text support of OT1 encoding is not provided — you are expected to use T1. +<p/> For a sample, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/utopia/} <dt>Fourier/New Century Schoolbook<dd>Michael Zedler<br> <i>Fouriernc</i> is a configuration using the Fourier fonts in the context of New Century Schoolbook text fonts. -<dt>Kp-fonts<dd>The Johannes Kepler project<br> +<p/> For a sample, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/newcent/} +<dt>KP-fonts<dd>The Johannes Kepler project<br> The <i>kp-fonts</i> family provides a comprehensive set of text and maths fonts. The set includes replacement fixed-width and sans fonts (though some reports have suggested that these are less successful, and their use may be suppressed when loading the fonts’ <i>kpfonts</i> LaTeX support package). -<dt>MathDesign<dd>(4 entire families...so far) Paul Pichareau<br> +<p/> For an example, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/kpserif/} +<dt>MathDesign<dd>(4 entire families...so far) Paul Pichaureau<br> This set so far offers mathematics fonts to match Adobe Utopia, URW Garamond, Bitstream Charter (all of which are separately available, on CTAN, in Type 1 format) and Fontsite Garamond @@ -84,6 +88,10 @@ mathematics include: those who are willing to discuss their experiences, would obviously be welcome. Browse the CTAN directory and see which you want: there is a wealth of documentation and examples. +<p/> For samples of the free variants, see + \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/charter/} for URW Charter, + \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/garamond/} for URW Garamond and + \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/utopia-md/} for Adobe Utopia. <dt>Belleek<dd>(3 fonts) Richard Kinch<br> Belleek is the upshot of Kinch’s thoughts on how Metafont might be used in the future: they were published simultaneously as Metafont source, @@ -104,11 +112,22 @@ mathematics include: is that the mathptm fonts are (effectively) free, and the resulting PostScript files can be freely exchanged. Support under LaTeX2e is available in <a href="FAQ-usepsfont.html">PSNFSS</a>. +<p/> For a sample, see \url{http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/times/} <dt>Computer Modern Bright<dd>Free scalable outline versions of these fonts do exist; they are covered below together with their commercial parallels. </dl> -Fonts capable of setting TeX mathematics, that are available +The excellent <em>font catalogue</em> keeps an +<a href="http://www.tug.dk/FontCatalogue/mathfonts.html">up-to-date list</a> +which describes the fonts by giving names and short examples, only. +(At the time of writing — June 2008 — the list has several that +are only scheduled for inclusion here. +<p/>Another useful document is Stephen Hartke’s “Free maths font +survey”, which is available on CTAN in both PDF and +HTML formats. The survey covers most of the fonts mentioned in +the font catalogue, but also mentions some (such as <i>Belleek</i> +that the catalogue omits. +<p/>Fonts capable of setting TeX mathematics, that are available commercially, include: <dl> <dt>BA Math<dd>(13 fonts) MicroPress Inc.<br> @@ -198,7 +217,7 @@ commercially, include: Computer Modern, with a large x-height, and include a larger set of maths symbols, operators, relations and delimiters than CM (over 800 instead of 384: among others, it also includes the - AMS <code>msam</code> and <code>msbm</code> symbol sets). ‘Lucida + AMS <i>msam</i> and <i>msbm</i> symbol sets). ‘Lucida Bright Expert’ (14 fonts) adds seriffed fixed width, another handwriting font, smallcaps, bold maths, upright ‘maths italic’, <em>etc</em>., to the @@ -218,31 +237,6 @@ commercially, include: reencoding fonts <em>etc</em>. (In some sense this set is the ancestor of the LucidaBright plus LucidaNewMath font set, which are not currently available.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <dt>MathTime Pro2<dd>Publish or Perish (Michael Spivak)<br> This latest instance of the MathTime family covers all the weights (medium, bold and heavy) and symbols of previous versions of @@ -251,7 +245,7 @@ commercially, include: The fonts are supported under both Plain TeX and LaTeX2e, and are exclusively available for purchase from <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">Personal TeX Inc</a>. - <p/> + par For further details and samples and fliers, see <a href="http://www.pctex.com/mtpro2.html">http://www.pctex.com/mtpro2.html</a> @@ -402,6 +396,8 @@ print file (PostScript or PDF) for their output device. <dt><tt><i>Lucida Bright/Math metrics</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida.zip">fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/psfonts/bh/lucida/">browse</a>) <dt><tt><i>Lucida PSNFSS support</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr.zip">macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/psnfssx/lucidabr/">browse</a>) <dt><tt><i>MathDesign collection</i></tt><dd><a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/mathdesign/">fonts/mathdesign/</a> +<dt><tt><i>Maths Font Survey</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/en/survey.pdf">info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/en/survey.pdf</a> + (PDF) or <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/en/survey.html">info/Free_Math_Font_Survey/en/survey.html</a> (HTML) <dt><tt><i>Minion Pro support</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/minionpro.zip">fonts/minionpro</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/minionpro.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/minionpro/">browse</a>) <dt><tt><i>MnSymbol family</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mnsymbol.zip">fonts/mnsymbol</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/mnsymbol.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/mnsymbol/">browse</a>) <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>) |