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On Fri, Nov 27, 1998 at 12:23:42PM +0000, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:

> if you want a document to read on the screen, why not design for the
> screen? of course, if you work towards an A4 page with 1 inch margins
> and 10 pt Computer Modern math, and display it in PDF with the full
> page, it looks like a set of bird tracks.

I quite like maths in PDF with Type 1 CM fonts.
What exactly is your complaint?
[I'd use 12pt, as most people seem to,
but surely that's of no significance.]

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