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.
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