Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.43F43C44@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:41:56 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.43F43C44" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 x-to: LATEX-L%DHDURZ1.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: scaled font lading within the NFSS ... (version 2) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1991 16:33:16 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Michael Downes" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 353 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.43F43C44 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It would be a little easier to understand the syntax specifications if they were accompanied by a few examples. (One can construct such = examples in ones' own mind but this tends to be a source of misunderstandings.) Chris's remarks about \normalfont correspond closely to my own = experiments along the same lines. For the sizes of math fonts: To give the most flexibility to the style designer, it seems that the current mechanism of specifying script size = and scriptscript size for each math textfont size is ideal. The hidden maths problem Chris discusses can I think be solved without much trouble using pseudo-math as Frank et al. have written in the past. For example when producing something like \underline we can probably = change temporarily any necessary \fontdimens of mathgroups 2 and 3, using some reasonable function of \f@size (they must be put on a stack for later restoration because the assignment of fontdimens is always global, but = that's feasible). ---Michael ---mjd@math.ams.com (Internet) ------- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.43F43C44 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: scaled font lading within the NFSS ... (version = 2)

It would be a little easier to understand the syntax = specifications if
they were accompanied by a few examples. (One can = construct such examples
in ones' own mind but this tends to be a source of = misunderstandings.)

Chris's remarks about \normalfont correspond closely = to my own experiments
along the same lines.

For the sizes of math fonts: To give the most = flexibility to the style
designer, it seems that the current mechanism of = specifying script size and
scriptscript size for each math textfont size is = ideal. The hidden maths
problem Chris discusses can I think be solved without = much trouble using
pseudo-math as Frank et al. have written in the = past.

For example when producing something like = \underline  we can probably change
temporarily any necessary \fontdimens of mathgroups 2 = and 3, using some
reasonable function of \f@size (they must be put on a = stack for later
restoration because the assignment of fontdimens is = always global, but that's
feasible).

---Michael
---mjd@math.ams.com (Internet)
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