Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.91FFE634@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:07 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.91FFE634" 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 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: RE:magsteps Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1992 17:11:00 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "malcolm" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 501 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.91FFE634 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i have been attending to the correspondence on magsteps etc, wondering if it has anything to do with me. but i will make the following few observations: 1. i understand the NeXT implementation of TeX creates the fonts it requires as it goes along. that might be one way of finding out what people use. of course, if i was solely a latex user i would find that the fonts i needed were the fonts that latex uses (after all, i don't have that much choice range). 2. as a user of the CM Type 1 PS fonts, i tend not to be too worried about filling in various magsteps any more. i cannot detect the difference between cmr8 at 9pt and cmr9. i suspect that one point increments are not actually required. with the incoming `multiple mastering' technology, adobe are providing a way of interpolating between (say) cmr5 and cmr17 in a way which should be reasonably intelligent. that still leaves a problem with (say) cmr25. 3. why would anyone be so crass as to want to mix helvetica (excellent for signing airports in switzerland) and times (excellent for newspapers printed on poor quality paper at high speed)? 4. does anyone actually use stone or lucida (apart >from computer science people). i ask this seriously. at the bcs ep fonts meeting they were rather derided as of little interest to the typographer in the street. malcolm ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.91FFE634 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: RE:magsteps

i have been attending to the correspondence
on magsteps etc, wondering if it has anything
to do with me.

but i will make the following few observations:
1. i understand the NeXT implementation of TeX
creates the fonts it requires as it goes = along.
that might be one way of finding out what = people
use. of course, if i was solely a latex user i = would
find that the fonts i needed were the fonts = that
latex uses (after all, i don't have that much = choice
range).

2. as a user of the CM Type 1 PS fonts, i tend = not
to be too worried about filling in various = magsteps
any more. i cannot detect the difference = between
cmr8 at 9pt and cmr9. i suspect that one point
increments are not actually required. with the = incoming
`multiple mastering' technology, adobe are = providing
a way of interpolating between (say) cmr5 and = cmr17
in a way which should be reasonably intelligent. = that
still leaves a problem with (say) cmr25.

3. why would anyone be so crass as to want to
mix helvetica (excellent for signing airports = in
switzerland) and times (excellent for = newspapers
printed on poor quality paper at high speed)?

4. does anyone actually use stone or lucida = (apart
>from computer science people). i ask this = seriously.
at the bcs ep fonts meeting they were rather
derided as of little interest to the = typographer
in the street.

malcolm

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