young@emx.utexas.edu (Young U. Ryu) (12/10/90)
--- 1 - 1 - 1 --- A few days ago, I asked a question about ``old'' vs. ``new'' AmSTeX fonts. After that, I have received a couple of responses (Thanks ...) and I myself tried to find differences. The answer is that: The new ones (msam,msbm) are *almost* same as the old ones (msxm,mxym). I found a few minor changes. Several empty slots of old font tables have been filled with new symbols. Shapes look a bit different; especially those of blackboard bold capitals. Therefore, if you want, you may use ``mssymb.tex" (that is the symbol name definition file for old ones) with new ones after changing (msxm,msym) to (msam,msbm) in ``mssymb.tex.'' Symbol name definition files for new ones, i.e. amssym.def, amssym.tex, etc., can be used with LaTeX. --- 2 - 2 - 2 --- In <SMITH.90Dec9150103@zeus.harvard.edu>, news@husc6.harvard.edu wrote: > Regarding the new AMS fonts: Does anyone know why the AMS did not > retain (and support) the ``old'' blackboard capitals in the font msym? > ... ... I guess it is misleading. The new AMS fonts support blackboard capitals, though shapes are a bit different. --- 3 - 3 - 3 --- I have also asked if AMS fonts .tfm and .pk files for emTeX are available or not. AMS fonts .tfm files and 118 dpi and 300 dpi .pk files are available from various ftp sites such as labrea.stanford.edu, e-math.ams.com, etc. Unless one uses the HP printer driver and 300 dpi fonts with emTeX, one must generate .pk files with proper resolutions (e.g. 180, 360*180, etc.). I'm using a 180 dpi printer (the P6L driver). Instead of bothering in generating fonts, I got nearest resolution fonts: Resolutions Required What I Got -------------------- ---------- 180 170 197 204 217 204 259 245 311 300 373 360 448 432 The emTeX driver accepted these *wrong* .pk files. The printout result was acceptable. This is a kind of *short-term* solution... Young Univ. of Texas at Austin young@emx.utexas.edu