mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (thomas fenger mcdougal) (01/13/89)
Any experts on mathematical typesetting? I want to produce a low-level math textbook with the Mac. I'll need fractions, matrices, radical symbols, etc. Microsoft Word can do that; I like the program, but I often want just a little better control that Word provides. In-line fractions can screw up tab alignments, for example. I also may need the ability to drive typeset-quality printers, such as the Linotronic. Quark XPress can provide excellent control and can drive the Linotronic, but the only way to do fractions w/ Quark is to treat them as graphics. I'll go bananas cutting and pasting every time I want a fraction. When I paste text into Quark from a Word document, Quark displays (and prints) the code: \f(1,2) for the fraction 1/2 Please tell me there is a way around this! Or maybe someone can direct me to another source?.... Thanks all. --Tom McDougal mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu
frank@mnetor.UUCP (Frank Kolnick) (01/14/89)
In article <297@gargoyle.uchicago.edu> mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu.UUCP (thomas fenger mcdougal) writes: > >Any experts on mathematical typesetting? I want to produce >a low-level math textbook with the Mac. I'll need fractions, > ... No experts here, but I find that if I: 1) reduce the size of the numerator, 2) superscript the numerator, 3) type the / 4) reduce the size of the denominator I get a reasonable-looking fraction. In XPress, I can fine-tune the kerning to make it look nicer. (With QuicKeys, you could probably automate most of this process, but I haven't tried that.) -- Frank Kolnick, consulting for, and therefore expressing opinions independent of, Computer X UUCP: {allegra, linus}!utzoo!mnetor!frank