nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) (11/17/90)
I'd like advice on how some Adobe fonts interface with some software on the Mac. The Symbol font has some shortcomings when used for equations. The Fall 1990 Font & Function mentions two fonts that could possibly used in place of Symbol: Mathematical Pi and Lucida Math. Mathematical Pi looks much more "complete", but Lucida Math has relatives in Lucida and Lucida Sans which make it attractive in some ways. Do either of these fonts function as a "replacement" for Symbol? In particular, will applications like Expressionist, MathType, and FrameMaker be able to use them? What about TeXtures and Oztex? In general, is there any sort of standard about placement of symbols for "math" fonts? Charles Allen Internet: cca@physics.purdue.edu Department of Physics nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu Purdue University HEPnet: purdnu::allen, fnal::cca West Lafayette, IN 47907 talknet: 317/494-9776
guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Andreas J. Guelzow) (11/22/90)
In article <6101@mace.cc.purdue.edu> nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Charles C. Allen) writes: >....... The Fall 1990 Font & Function mentions two fonts that >could possibly used in place of Symbol: Mathematical Pi and Lucida >Math. Mathematical Pi looks much more "complete", but Lucida Math has >relatives in Lucida and Lucida Sans which make it attractive in some >ways. Mathematical Pi consists really of six 'fonts' each providing a unique set of mathematical symbols. These 6 fonts together provide a large number of symbols not contained in Symbol and many that are. Nevertheless, I don't think they can replace Symbol since many of the standard characters are missing (e.g. the implication arrows). >Do either of these fonts function as a "replacement" for Symbol? In >particular, will applications like Expressionist, MathType, and >FrameMaker be able to use them? What about TeXtures and Oztex? While Expressionist and Mathtype can surely use this font (since they can use any Mac font) it would require an additional effort by the user, e.g. Mathematical Pi 3 contains several integral symbols of different weight to be used for integrals of different height. I have obtained Mathematical Pi under the ATM upgrade deal and am very pleased with it, although it still doesn't include several symbols I would love to have as an outline font, e.g. different arrows for injective, surjective, bijective mappings, etc. >Charles Allen Internet: cca@physics.purdue.edu >Department of Physics nvi@mace.cc.purdue.edu >Purdue University HEPnet: purdnu::allen, fnal::cca >West Lafayette, IN 47907 talknet: 317/494-9776 Andreas Guelzow <guelzow@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Dept. of Mathematics, University of Manitoba P.S. My only relationship with Adobe is as a satisfied customer (who would even be more satisfied were some other font families also priced within my reach).