Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.97530D54@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 09 Jan 92 17:49:01 +0700." <9201091653.AA28331@CS.UTK.EDU> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.97530D54" Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 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]) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Ending the tyranny of magsteps! Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1992 18:04:12 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 540 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.97530D54 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable sebastian: Why does anyone used [sic] \sl? barbara: dek used \sl instead of \it for the statements of theorems so that it's possible to tell the difference between "a" and "$a$". intended to aid comprehension. Not to mention the fact that no one other than Stanley Morison (the = designer of you-know-what-typeface) wrote an article 'towards a perfect italic' proposing in essence this slanted roman as the perfect italic. Later = experts have of course disagreed with him, but the idea is not totally = ludicrous. Now could we discuss something more substantial? (Over the past few weeks I've moved between jobs. Will anyone who has my address / email address in his/her files update accordingly? Also, I don't seem to have the NNFSS (New New Font Selection Scheme :-) or the documentation describing it. Must have lost it in the move. Where do I ftp it?) Victor Eijkhout Department of Computer Science; University of Tennessee at Knoxville 104 Ayres Hall; 1403 Circle Dr.; Knoxville TN 37996-1301 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.97530D54 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Ending the tyranny of magsteps!

sebastian:
    Why does anyone used [sic] = \sl?

barbara:
 dek used \sl instead of \it for the statements = of theorems so that
 it's possible to tell the difference between = "a" and "$a$".  intended
 to aid comprehension.

Not to mention the fact that no one other than Stanley = Morison (the designer
of you-know-what-typeface) wrote an article 'towards = a perfect italic'
proposing in essence this slanted roman as the = perfect italic. Later experts
have of course disagreed with him, but the idea is = not totally ludicrous.

Now could we discuss something more = substantial?

(Over the past few weeks I've moved between jobs. Will = anyone who has
my address / email address in his/her files update = accordingly?
Also, I don't seem to have the NNFSS (New New Font = Selection Scheme :-)
or the documentation describing it. Must have lost it = in the move.
Where do I ftp it?)

Victor Eijkhout
Department of Computer Science; University of = Tennessee at Knoxville
104 Ayres Hall; 1403 Circle Dr.; Knoxville TN = 37996-1301


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