nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) (05/08/91)
In my implementation of emtex using the .fli font libraries there is no cmr11 or 14, so when they are wanted I have to use cmr10 scaled. I think that this issue generalizes since neither arbortext fonts nor the fonts on ymir for the laserjet have anything other than cmr10,12 or 17 (and sizes smaller than 10). Now I have always been taught that scaling is ugly and that, say, cmr11 would look better than cmr10 magnified a half step. So my question is why isn't cmr11 and 14 in standard distribuions. I can understand why less common faces wouldn't be distributed in all design sizes for reasons of disk space, but cmr11 and 14 pop up all the time in relatively standard documents of mine. So, is it the case that cmr10 magnified a half step looks as good as an unscaled cmr11? Or is there some other reason I don't have cmr11? Apologies if this is an FAQ (F could stand for foolish too!). As always, thanks in advance Neal -- Neal Beck Dept of Politcal Science, UCSD beck@ucsd.edu Dislaimer: The Regents pay me (a bit!) to distribute my opinions.
dhosek@euler.claremont.edu (Don Hosek) (05/08/91)
In article <5305@network.ucsd.edu>, nbeck@weber.ucsd.edu (Nathaniel Beck) writes: > In my implementation of emtex using the .fli font libraries there is > no cmr11 or 14, so when they are wanted I have to use cmr10 scaled. > I think that this issue generalizes since neither arbortext fonts > nor the fonts on ymir for the laserjet have anything other than > cmr10,12 or 17 (and sizes smaller than 10). On ymir.claremont.edu there are several sets of extensions to CM. [anonymous.tex.mf.ams.extracm] fills in the gaps for some of the smaller design sizes of some fonts (cmcsc, cmmib among others). [anonymous.tex.mf.cm.variants includes some large sizes developed at WSU for standard display sizes. That directory also contains some fonts which demonstrate the use of the files in [anonymous.tex.mf.cm.sauter] which allow one to get any design size for any CM font. > Now I have always been taught that scaling is ugly and that, say, > cmr11 would look better than cmr10 magnified a half step. So my > question is why isn't cmr11 and 14 in standard distribuions. I can > understand why less common faces wouldn't be distributed in all > design sizes for reasons of disk space, but cmr11 and 14 pop up all > the time in relatively standard documents of mine. It depends. For running {text, design-sizing is usually best, but for displayed text (headlines, section headings etc.) I find that scaling is often a better choice (among other things, it gives a heavier appearance to the text. cmr17 is a bit anemic, imho). -dh -- Don Hosek | To retrieve files from ymir via the mailserver, dhosek@ymir.claremont.edu | send a message to mailserv@ymir.claremont.edu Quixote Digital Typography | with a line saying send [DIRECTORY]FILENAME 714-625-0147 | where DIRECTORY is the FTP directory (sans ---------------------------+ "anonymous") and FILENAME is the filename, e.g. "send [tex]00readme.txt". There is a list of files in each directory under the name 00files.txt. Binary files are not available by this technique.