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+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label psfchoice</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Choice of scalable outline fonts</h3>
+<p>If you are interested in text alone, you can in principle use any of
+the huge numbers of text fonts in Adobe Type 1, TrueType or OpenType
+formats. The constraint is, of course, that your previewer and
+printer driver should support such fonts (TeX itself <em>only</em>
+cares about metrics, not the actual character programs).
+<p>If you also need mathematics, then you are severely limited by the
+demands that TeX makes of maths fonts (for details, see the paper by B.K.P.
+Horn in <i>TUGboat</i> 14(3)).
+For maths, 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')
+stands alone. "Free" font families that will support TeX
+mathematics include:
+<dl>
+<dt>Computer Modern<dd>(75 fonts - optical scaling) Donald E. Knuth<br>
+ The CM fonts were originally designed in Metafont, but are also
+ now available in scalable outline form. There are commercial as
+ well as public domain versions, and there are both Adobe Type 1 and
+ TrueType versions. A set of outline versions of the fonts was
+ developed as a commercial venture by Y&amp;Y and Blue Sky Research;
+ they have since assigned the copyright to the AMS, and the
+ fonts are now freely available from CTAN. Their quality is
+ such that they have become the <em>de facto</em> standard for Type 1
+ 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.
+ 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
+ CTAN. The <i>eulervm</i> package permits use
+ of the Euler maths alphabet in conjunction with text fonts that do
+ not provide maths alphabets of their own (for instance, Adobe
+ Palatino or Minion).
+<dt>mathpazo version 1.003<dd>(5 fonts) Diego Puga<br>
+ The Pazo Math fonts are a family of type 1 fonts suitable for
+ typesetting maths in combination with the Palatino family of text
+ fonts. Four of the five fonts of the distribution are maths
+ alphabets, in upright and italic shapes, medium and bold weights;
+ the fifth font contains a small selection of "blackboard bold"
+ characters (chosen for their mathematical significance). Support
+ under LaTeX2e is available in
+ <a href="FAQ-usepsfont.html">PSNFSS</a>; the fonts are
+ licensed under the GPL, with legalese permitting the use of
+ the fonts in published documents.
+<dt>Fourier/Utopia<dd>(15 fonts) Michel Bovani<br>
+ <i>Fourier</i> is a family built on Adobe <i>Utopia</i>
+ (which has been released for usage free of charge by Adobe). The
+ fonts provide the basic Computer Modern set of mathematical symbols,
+ and add many of the AMS mathematical symbols (though you are
+ expected to use some from the AMS fonts themselves). There
+ are also several other mathematical and decorative symbols. The
+ 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.
+<dt>MathDesign<dd>(3 entire families...so far) Paul Pichareau<br>
+ This (very new: first release was in April 2005) set so far offers
+ mathematics fonts to match Adobe Utopia, URW Garamond and Bitstream
+ Charter (all of which are separately available, on CTAN, in Type 1
+ format). There has been a little comment on these fonts, but none
+ from actual users posted to the public forums. Users, particularly
+ 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.
+<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,
+ as Type 1 fonts, and as TrueType fonts. The fonts act as "drop-in"
+ replacements for the basic MathTime set (as an example of "what might
+ be done").
+<p> The paper outlining Kinch's thoughts, proceeding from considerations
+ of the 'intellectual' superiority of Metafont to evaluations of why its
+ adoption is so limited and what might be done about the problem, is
+ to be found at <a href="http://truetex.com/belleek.pdf">http://truetex.com/belleek.pdf</a> (the paper is a
+ good read, but exhibits the problems discussed in
+ "<a href="FAQ-dvips-pdf.html">getting good PDF</a>" -
+ don't try to read it on-screen in Acrobat reader).
+<dt>mathptmx<dd>Alan Jeffrey, Walter Schmidt and others.<br>
+ This set contains maths italic, symbol, extension, and roman virtual
+ fonts, built from Adobe Times, Symbol, Zapf Chancery, and the
+ Computer Modern fonts. The resulting mixture is not entirely
+ acceptable, but can pass in many circumstances. The real advantage
+ 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>.
+<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
+commercially, include:
+<dl>
+<dt>BA Math<dd>(13 fonts) MicroPress Inc.<br>
+ BA Math is a family of serif fonts, inspired by the elegant
+ and graphically perfect font design of John Baskerville. BA
+ Math comprises the fonts necessary for mathematical typesetting
+ (maths italic, math symbols and extensions) in normal and bold
+ weights. The family also includes all OT1 and T1
+ encoded text fonts of various shapes, as well as fonts with most
+ useful glyphs of the TS1 encoding. Macros for using the
+ fonts with Plain TeX, LaTeX 2.09 and current LaTeX are
+ provided.
+<p>
+ For further details (including samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/bamath/bamain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/bamath/bamain.htm</a>
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+<dt>CH Math<dd>(15 fonts) MicroPress Inc.<br>
+ CH Math is a family of slab serif fonts, designed as a maths
+ companion for Bitstream Charter. (The distribution includes
+ four free Bitstream text fonts, in addition to the 15 hand-hinted
+ MicroPress fonts.)
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+ For further details (including samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/chmath/chmain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/chmath/chmain.htm</a>
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+<dt>Computer Modern Bright<dd>(62 fonts - optical scaling) Walter
+ Schmidt<br>
+ CM Bright is a family of sans serif fonts, based on Knuth's
+ CM fonts. It comprises the fonts necessary for mathematical
+ typesetting, including AMS symbols, as well as text and text
+ symbol fonts of various shapes. The collection comes with its own
+ set of files for use with LaTeX. The CM Bright fonts are
+ supplied in Type 1 format by MicroPress, Inc. The
+ <i>hfbright</i> bundle offers free Type 1 fonts for text using
+ the OT1 encoding - the <i>cm-super</i> set for
+ use with T1 texts doesn't (yet) offer support for mathematics.
+<p>
+ For further details of Micropress' offering (including samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/brmath/brmain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/brmath/brmain.htm</a>
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+<dt>Concrete Math<dd>(25 fonts - optical scaling) Ulrik Vieth<br>
+ The Concrete Math font set was derived from the Concrete Roman
+ typefaces designed by Knuth. The set provides a collection of math
+ italics, math symbol, and math extension fonts, and fonts of
+ AMS symbols that fit with the Concrete set, so that Concrete
+ may be used as a complete replacement for Computer Modern. Since
+ Concrete is considerably darker than CM, the family may
+ particularly attractive for use in low-resolution printing or in
+ applications such as posters or transparencies. Concrete Math
+ fonts, as well as Concrete Roman fonts, are supplied in Type 1
+ format by MicroPress, Inc.
+<p>
+ For further information (including samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ccmath/ccmain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ccmath/ccmain.htm</a>
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+<dt>HV Math<dd>(14 fonts) MicroPress Inc.<br>
+ HV Math is a family of sans serif fonts, inspired by the
+ Helvetica (TM) typeface. HV Math comprises the fonts
+ necessary for mathematical typesetting (maths italic, maths symbols
+ and extensions) in normal and bold weights. The family also
+ includes all OT1 and T1 encoded text fonts of various
+ shapes, as well as fonts with most useful glyphs of the TS1
+ encoding. Macros for using the fonts with Plain TeX, LaTeX 2.09
+ and current LaTeX are provided. Bitmapped copies of the fonts
+ are available free, on CTAN.
+<p>
+ For further details (and samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/hvmath/hvmain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/hvmath/hvmain.htm</a>
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+<dt>Informal Math<dd>(7 outline fonts) MicroPress Inc.<br>
+ Informal Math is a family of fanciful fonts loosely based on the
+ Adobe's Tekton (TM) family, fonts which imitate handwritten
+ text. Informal Math comprises the fonts necessary for
+ mathematical typesetting (maths italic, maths symbols and extensions)
+ in normal weight, as well as OT1 encoded text fonts in
+ upright and oblique shapes. Macros for using the fonts with
+ Plain TeX, LaTeX 2.09 and current LaTeX are provided.
+<p>
+ For further details (including samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ifmath/ifmain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/ifmath/ifmain.htm</a>
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+<dt>Adobe Lucida, LucidaSans <em>and</em> LucidaMath<dd>(12 fonts)<br>
+ Lucida and LucidaMath are generally considered to be a bit heavy.
+ The three maths fonts contain only the glyphs in the CM maths
+ italic, symbol, and extension fonts. Support for using LucidaMath
+ with TeX is not very good; you will need to do some work
+ reencoding fonts <em>etc</em>. (In some sense this set is the
+ ancestor of the LucidaBright plus LucidaNewMath font set, which are
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+<dt>MathTime Pro<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
+ MathTime. In addition it has a much extended range of symbols, and
+ many typographic improvements that make for high-quality documents.
+ 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>.
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+ For a sample, see <a href="http://www.pctex.com/mtpdemo.pdf">http://www.pctex.com/mtpdemo.pdf</a>
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+<dt>PA Math<dd> PA Math is a family of serif fonts
+ loosely based on the Palatino (TM) typeface. PA Math
+ comprises the fonts necessary for mathematical typesetting (maths
+ italics, maths, calligraphic and oldstyle symbols, and extensions)
+ in normal and bold weights. The family also includes all OT1,
+ T1 encoded text fonts of various shapes, as well as fonts
+ with the most useful glyphs of the TS1 encoding. Macros for
+ using the fonts with Plain TeX, LaTeX 2.09 and current LaTeX
+ are provided.
+<p>
+ For further details (and samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/pamath/pamain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/pamath/pamain.htm</a>
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+<dt>TM Math<dd>(14 fonts) MicroPress Inc.<br>
+ TM Math is a family of serif fonts, inspired by the Times
+ (TM) typeface. TM Math comprises the fonts necessary for
+ mathematical typesetting (maths italic, maths symbols and extensions)
+ in normal and bold weights. The family also includes all OT1
+ and T1 encoded text fonts of various shapes, as well as fonts
+ with most useful glyphs of the TS1 encoding. Macros for
+ using the fonts with Plain TeX, LaTeX 2.09 and current LaTeX
+ are provided. Bitmapped copies of the fonts are available free, on
+ CTAN.
+<p>
+ For further details (and samples) see<br>
+ <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/tmmath/tmmain.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/fonts/tmmath/tmmain.htm</a>
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+</dl>
+Two other font sets should be mentioned, even though they don't
+currently produce satisfactory output - their author is no longer
+working on them, and several problems have been identified:
+<dl>
+<dt>pxfonts set version 1.0<dd>(26 fonts) by Young Ryu<br>
+ The <i>pxfonts</i> set consists of
+ <ul>
+ <li> virtual text fonts using <i>Adobe</i> <i>Palatino</i> (or the URW
+ replacement used by <i>ghostscript</i>) with modified plus,
+ equal and slash symbols;
+ <li> maths alphabets using <i>Palatino</i>;
+ <li> maths fonts of all symbols in the computer modern maths fonts
+ (<i>cmsy</i>, <i>cmmi</i>, <i>cmex</i> and the Greek
+ letters of <i>cmr</i>)
+ <li> maths fonts of all symbols corresponding to the AMS
+ fonts (<i>msam</i> and <i>msbm</i>);
+ <li> additional maths fonts of various symbols.
+ </ul>
+ The text fonts are available in OT1, T1 and LY1
+ encodings, and TS encoded symbols are also available. The
+ sans serif and monospaced fonts supplied with the <i>txfonts</i>
+ set (see below) may be used with <i>pxfonts</i>; the
+ <i>txfonts</i> set should be installed whenever <i>pxfonts</i>
+ are. LaTeX, <i>dvips</i> and PDFTeX support files are
+ included.
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+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/pxfonts/doc/pxfontsdocA4.pdf">Documentation</a>
+ is readily available.
+<p> The fonts are licensed under the GPL; use in published
+ documents is permitted.
+<dt>txfonts set version 3.1<dd>(42 fonts) by Young Ryu<br>
+ The <i>txfonts</i> set consists of
+ <ul>
+ <li> virtual text fonts using <i>Adobe</i> <i>Times</i> (or the URW
+ replacement used by <i>ghostscript</i>) with modified plus,
+ equal and slash symbols;
+ <li> matching sets of sans serif and monospace ('typewriter')
+ fonts (the sans serif set is based on <i>Adobe</i> <i>Helvetica</i>);
+ <li> maths alphabets using <i>Times</i>;
+ <li> maths fonts of all symbols in the computer modern maths fonts
+ (<i>cmsy</i>, <i>cmmi</i>, <i>cmex</i> and the Greek letters of <i>cmr</i>)
+ <li> maths fonts of all symbols corresponding to the AMS
+ fonts (<i>msam</i> and <i>msbm</i>);
+ <li> additional maths fonts of various symbols.
+ </ul>
+ The text fonts are available in OT1, T1 and LY1
+ encodings, and TS encoded symbols are also available.
+
+ <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/txfonts/doc/txfontsdocA4.pdf">Documentation</a>
+ is readily available.
+<p> The fonts are licensed under the GPL; use in published
+ documents is permitted.
+</dl>
+Finally, one must not forget:
+<dl>
+<dt>Proprietary fonts<dd>Various sources.<br>
+ Since having a high quality font set in scalable outline form that
+ works with TeX can give a publisher a real competitive advantage,
+ there are some publishers that have paid (a lot) to have such font
+ sets made for them. Unfortunately, these sets are not available on
+ the open market, despite the likelihood that they're more complete
+ than those that are.
+</dl>
+We observe a very limited selection of commercial maths font sets; a
+maths font has to be explicitly designed for use with TeX, which is
+an expensive business, and is of little appeal in other markets.
+Furthermore, the TeX market for commercial fonts is minute by
+comparison with the huge sales of other font sets.
+<p>Text fonts in Type 1 format are available from many vendors including
+Adobe, Monotype and Bitstream. However, be careful with cheap font
+"collections"; many of them dodge copyright restrictions by removing
+(or crippling) parts of the font programs such as hinting. Such
+behaviour is both unethical and bad for the consumer.
+The fonts may not render well (or at all, under ATM), may not have the
+'standard' complement of 228 glyphs, or may not include metric files
+(which you need to make TFM files).
+<p>TrueType remains the "native" format for Windows. Some TeX
+implementations such as <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">TrueTeX</a> use TrueType
+versions of Computer Modern and Times Maths fonts to render TeX
+documents in Windows without the need for additional system software like
+ATM. (When used on a system running Windows XP, TrueTeX can
+also use Type 1 fonts.)
+<p>When choosing fonts, your own system environment may not be the only one of
+interest. If you will be sending your finished documents to others for
+further use, you should consider whether a given font format will introduce
+compatibility problems. Publishers may require TrueType exclusively because
+their systems are Windows-based, or Type 1 exclusively, because their systems
+are based on the early popularity of that format in the publishing industry.
+Many service bureaus don't care as long as you present them with a finished
+print file (PostScript or PDF) for their output device.
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>CM family collection</i></tt><dd>
+ Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky/">fonts/cm/ps-type1/bluesky/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>AMS font collection</i></tt><dd>
+ Browse <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1/">fonts/amsfonts/ps-type1/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>Belleek fonts</i></tt><dd>
+ <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/belleek/belleek.zip">fonts/belleek/belleek.zip</a>
+<dt><tt><i>CM-super collection</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super.zip">fonts/ps-type1/cm-super</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/cm-super/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>eulervm.sty and supporting metrics</i></tt><dd>
+ <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/eulervm.zip">fonts/eulervm</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/eulervm.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/eulervm/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>fourier (including metrics and other support for utopia</i></tt><dd>
+ <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fourier-GUT.zip">fonts/fourier-GUT</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/fourier-GUT.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/fourier-GUT/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>hfbright collection</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/hfbright.zip">fonts/ps-type1/hfbright</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/hfbright.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/hfbright/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>hvmath (free bitmapped version)</i></tt><dd>
+ <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/micropress/hvmath.zip">fonts/micropress/hvmath</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/micropress/hvmath.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/micropress/hvmath/">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>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>tmmath (free bitmapped version)</i></tt><dd>
+ <a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/micropress/tmmath.zip">fonts/micropress/tmmath</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/micropress/tmmath.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/micropress/tmmath/">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>)
+<dt><tt><i>utopia fonts</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utopia.zip">fonts/utopia</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/utopia.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/fonts/utopia/">browse</a>)
+</dl>
+<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=psfchoice">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=psfchoice</a>
+</body>