rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) (11/17/88)
I'm wondering if anyone has developed an ``open capital letters' font
or a ``cursive capital letters' font for TeX. I've started an
``open capitals'' font, but I'm certain I'm reinventing the wheel.
Does anyone have MF code for either of these two fonts?
By ``open capital letters'': Proof by example: You know how on
the blackboard the symbol for the real numbers is a capital R with
two vertical strokes on the left? And the symbol for complex
numbers is a C with a little vertical bar on the left? The same
for the rationals (Q) and the integers (Z) and the natural numbers (N)
and the positive integers (P)... Well, that's what I mean by
"open capital letters". They're so simple, somebody must've done it
by now... (My current method is to print an I and an R very close
together so that the stem of the I looks like a second vertical bar.
Needless to say, it looks ugly.)
By ``cursive capital letters'' I don't mean the calligraphic fonts.
The cursive font would use a much finer pen and be a little more
flowery. For example, the symbol for the power set of X is P(X)
where P is a cursive P. The symbol for the set of continuous functions
from X to Y is C(X,Y) where C is a cursive C. You get the idea.
Thanks for listening.
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"Say something, please! ('Yes' would be best.)" - The Doctorweening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Joe Weening) (11/17/88)
In article <4469@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, rjchen@phoenix (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes: >I'm wondering if anyone has developed an ``open capital letters' font >or a ``cursive capital letters' font for TeX. I've started an >``open capitals'' font, but I'm certain I'm reinventing the wheel. >Does anyone have MF code for either of these two fonts? > [... description of fonts ...] What you describe as "open capitals" is also known as "blackboard bold". Such letters are contained in the AMS symbol font MSYM10. This font was produced with old Metafont (MF79), however, which only runs on PDP-10 systems as far as I know. GF files for the AMS fonts are provided on the University of Washington's Unix TeX tape, in the directory "amsfonts". There is an even more ancient version of these symbols in a font called BBB10, but if anyone is using that I would encourage them to switch to MSYM10, which has better-looking characters. -- Joe Weening Computer Science Dept. weening@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU Stanford University
gae@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) (11/17/88)
In article <4469@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes: >I'm wondering if anyone has developed an ``open capital letters' font ... >By ``open capital letters'': Proof by example: You know how on >the blackboard the symbol for the real numbers is a capital R with >two vertical strokes on the left? And the symbol for complex >numbers is a C with a little vertical bar on the left? The same The AMS has these fonts available for TeX. The font msym (``additional symbols'') has these letters, which they call ``blackboard bold''. So real numbers $\Bbb R$, etc. -- Gerald A. Edgar TS1871@OHSTVMA.bitnet Department of Mathematics gae@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu The Ohio State University gae@osupyr.UUCP Columbus, OH 43210 70715,1324 CompuServe
jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield) (11/18/88)
In article <4469@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> rjchen@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Raymond Juimong Chen) writes: >I'm wondering if anyone has developed an ``open capital letters' font >or a ``cursive capital letters' font for TeX. I've started an >By ``cursive capital letters'' I don't mean the calligraphic fonts. >The cursive font would use a much finer pen and be a little more >flowery. For example, the symbol for the power set of X is P(X) >where P is a cursive P. The symbol for the set of continuous functions >from X to Y is C(X,Y) where C is a cursive C. You get the idea. I'm working on a copperplace font, but since I don't have a lot of time for such activities, it will probably be another few months before I get all the letters (capitals only!) done, and a lot longer until they're reasonably refined. I'll probably post to TeXhax and here when I have a first version ready. (Unfortunately, copperplate is singulary ill-suited to low resolution devices such as Laserwriters, owing to the large number of hairlines at funny angles!)