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Date:         Mon, 15 Nov 93 10:34:26 +0100
From: Rainer Schoepf <schoepf@SC>
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Subject:      Re: psfonts.dtx
Status: R


H Sami Sozuer writes:
 >
 > For those who would like to be mused by a *real* problem with NFSS,
 > here is a puzzle:
 >
 > Latex the following with NFSS (or NFSS2)
 >
 > \documentstyle[11pt,exscale]{article}
 > \begin{document}
 > $\rm\it\sf\bf\sc\sl\tt$
 > \tiny\footnotesize\scriptsize\small
 > \large\Large\LARGE\huge
 > \boldmath
 > \tiny\footnotesize\scriptsize\small
 > \large\Large\LARGE\huge
 > \end{document}
 >
 > and then look at the .log file and see how many
 > fonts were used up.
 >
 > The puzzle is: All the user intended to use was 7 + 8 + 8 + 8 =31
 > fonts. Why is it that NFSS assigns so many when nobody asked it to?
 > Wasn't the idea that all fonts were assigned "on demand"?

They are. But all math fonts need to be loaded before math mode is
entered, remember? So, you are effectively asking for a much larger
set of fonts, namely (9 + 9) * (1 + number of math fonts per size).

Sorry, but we are using TeX here and have to be content with what it
offers.


   Rainer Schoepf
   Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum
    fuer Informationstechnik Berlin
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   D-10711 Berlin
   Federal Republic of Germany
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