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Date:         Mon, 15 Nov 93 05:42:57 -0500
From: H Sami Sozuer <sozueh@RPI.EDU>
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Subject:      Re: psfonts.dtx
Status: R


Rainer Schoepf writes:

>  > 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).

No Rainer, you haven't done your homework. Math fonts need not,
repeat, NOT be assigned BEFORE you enter math mode.

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

I am positive that this is a limitation of NFSS and not
of TeX.

Sami Sozuer