msd@rrdstrad.nist.gov (Scott Dewey) (06/26/91)
Greetings! My feeling about the new font selection scheme is: once you've started using it, you'll wonder how you ever did without it. Nevertheless, I have a question for some guru out there. In LFONTS.NEW why does: \textfont 3 = \csname cmex/m/n/10\endcsname \scriptfont 3 = \csname cmex/m/n/10\endcsname \scriptscriptfont 3 = \csname cmex/m/n/10\endcsname \expandafter\let\expandafter\tenex \the\textfont 3 appear rather than the more symmetrical \define@mathgroup\mv@normal{0} {cmr}{m}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@normal{1} {cmm}{m}{it} \define@mathgroup\mv@normal{2} {cmsy}{m}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@normal{3} {cmex}{m}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@bold{0} {cmr}{bx}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@bold{1} {cmm}{b}{it} \define@mathgroup\mv@bold{2} {cmsy}{b}{n} \define@mathgroup\mv@bold{3} {cmex}{m}{n} I think cmex characters look better done at the current font size rather than always being 10 points. The old LaTeX did this too. Thank you. -- NAME: Dr. M. Scott Dewey TELE: (301) 975-4843 DIVISION: Ionizing Radiation INTERNET: msd@rrdstrad.nist.gov USMAIL: NIST (formerly NBS) BITNET: msd@nbsenh Rm. E-19, Bldg. 235 Gaithersburg, MD 20899