\documentclass[11pt]{article} \usepackage[margin=1.25in]{geometry} \usepackage[parfill]{parskip} % Activate to begin paragraphs with an empty line rather than an indent \usepackage{graphicx} \DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{pzc}{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}% {<-> s * [1.15] pzcmi7t}{} \DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathpzc}{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it} \usepackage[scaled=1.15]{urwchancal} \title{A virtual font for URW Chancery Math} \author{Michael Sharpe\\msharpe at ucsd dot edu} %\date{} % Activate to display a given date or no date \begin{document} \maketitle The URW clone of the universally available PostScript font Zapf Chancery may be used as a math calligraphic font by means of the following lines in the preamble: \begin{verbatim} \DeclareFontFamily{OT1}{pzc}{} \DeclareFontShape{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it}% {<-> s * [1.15] pzcmi7t}{} \DeclareMathAlphabet{\mathpzc}{OT1}{pzc}{m}{it} \end{verbatim} The results are not always good if you attach math accents or sub-/super-scripts as the metrics are designed for a text font rather than a math font. This small package provides a virtual math font linked to \verb|uzcmi8r| with side-bearings, subscript position and accent position adjusted manually for each glyph. Following \begin{verbatim} \usepackage[scaled=1.15]{urwchancal} \end{verbatim} which redefines \verb|\mathcal| to output URW Chancery glyphs, the input line \begin{verbatim} \[A=\bar{\mathcal{M}}^2_k+\hat{\mathcal{Z}}.\] \end{verbatim} yields \[A=\bar{\mathcal{M}}^2_k+\hat{\mathcal{Z}}.\] In addition to \verb|scaled|, there is on option \verb|mathscr|, which enables \verb|\mathscr| rather than \verb|\mathcal| to point to URW Chancery. The long tails on some of the glyphs make this font problematic as a math font, but it has some virtues, not the least being its universal availability. For a font of similar appearance without the long-tail problems, consider the script font in Mathematica5. \end{document}