c3ar@daisy.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) (12/20/89)
I am looking for either 400 dot per inch pk files (for use with a next printer) or metafont source for some TeX fonts. In particular, the AMS Euler fonts (eufm*) and the ams blackboard bold fonts. Can these be ftp'd from somewhere? Thanks, Walter _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (the "3" is silent) c3ar%zaphod@UCHIMVS1.bitnet _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu (the "3" is silent) c3ar%zaphod@UCHIMVS1.bitnet _____________________________________________________________________________
weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Joe Weening) (12/21/89)
In article <6816@tank.uchicago.edu> c3ar@daisy.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) writes: > I am looking for either 400 dot per inch pk files (for use with a next > printer) or metafont source for some TeX fonts. In particular, the > AMS Euler fonts (eufm*) and the ams blackboard bold fonts. You may be able to get the PK files you want; I'm not sure. As for the sources, the short answer is not at this time, but maybe soon. The long answer is as follows: - Blackboard bold: if you mean the fonts "bbb10" and "bbb7", these were abandoned long ago; better versions of their characters are in one of the AMS symbol fonts "msxm" and "msym" (I forget which). However, read the next paragraph. - AMS symbol fonts (msxm and msym families): these were done in old Metafont, which only runs on PDP-10's. It is still possible to run off versions of these, if you are desperate. But the AMS will soon issue new MF replacements for these fonts, and wants to discourage use of the old ones. I believe it will be possible to get the sources for the new fonts for free, but with some restrictions. - Euler fonts: these were also done in old Metafont, and have up to now been closely held by the AMS, though they have made lowres bitmaps (300dpi) freely available. I think they may soon make the sources available under the same terms as the new symbol fonts (my information on this is incomplete), but I don't know if they will be of any use unless you can run old Metafont. All of this should become clearer within a month, I hope. -- Joe Weening Computer Science Dept. weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU Stanford University