X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["857" "Sun" "23" "March" "1997" "21:40:38" "+0100" "Joachim Schrod" "schrod@ITI.INFORMATIK.TH-DARMSTADT.DE" nil "23" "Re: International documents" "^Date:" nil nil "3" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA31010; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 06:06:25 +0100 (MET) Received: from listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <0.F70BAC35@listserv.gmd.de>; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 6:06:23 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 116767 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 06:06:16 +0100 Received: from beach.frankfurt.netsurf.de ([194.64.181.2]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.7.6/8.7.4) with SMTP id GAA21230 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 06:06:11 +0100 (MET) Received: from puma.npc.de (deck-23.frankfurt.netsurf.de [194.64.181.55]) by beach.frankfurt.netsurf.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id GAA22855 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 1997 06:06:13 +0100 Received: (from schrod@localhost) by puma.npc.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA25738 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:40:39 +0100 Received: (from schrod@localhost) by puma.npc.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) id VAA25736; Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:40:38 +0100 References: <199703181933.TAA09294@rasha.math.uci.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.95) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <199703232040.VAA25736@puma.npc.de> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <199703181933.TAA09294@rasha.math.uci.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 21:40:38 +0100 From: Joachim Schrod Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: International documents Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1879 >>>>> "MO" == Marcel Oliver writes: Hi, MO> It seems standard in German mathematical typesetting to use MO> letterspacing for "emphasis" (e.g. for defining words), while italics MO> are reserved for theorems and such. No, it's not standard. Emphasis is done with italics, as in every civilized country. In fact, the typesetter of the book in question should be calfatered, forced to listen a few days to Modern Talking, or some similar punishment. But then, in the 30s and before, such crimes were quite common. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Net & Publication Consultance GmbH Tel.: +49-6074-861530 Roedermark, Germany Fax: +49-6074-861531