[comp.fonts] AmSTeX fonts: old vs. new

smith@zeus.harvard.edu (Steven Smith) (12/10/90)

Regarding the new AMS fonts: Does anyone know why the AMS did not
retain (and support) the ``old'' blackboard capitals in the font msym?
I prefer them to those recently introduced in the font msbm.

edgar@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (12/10/90)

>Regarding the new AMS fonts: Does anyone know why the AMS did not
>retain (and support) the ``old'' blackboard capitals in the font msym?
>I prefer them to those recently introduced in the font msbm.

That is a reason not to throw msym out.  Some people prefer the old
Bbb characters.

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