Received: from mail.proteosys.com ([213.139.130.197]) by nummer-3.proteosys with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:15:35 +0200 Received: by mail.proteosys.com (8.12.9/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h75CFWsc030104 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:15:33 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h75C8mGl006921; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:08:48 +0200 (MET DST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C35B4B.45E7CD80" Received: from listserv (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.27]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h752AexQ006006; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:07:06 +0200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0624 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 14:07:06 +0200 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.3/8.12.3/SuSE Linux 0.6) with ESMTP id h75Bv6q0011888 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:57:06 +0200 Received: from smtp0.libero.it (smtp0.libero.it [193.70.192.33]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h75BwMGl004626 for ; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:58:23 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aqit.com (151.26.69.132) by smtp0.libero.it (7.0.019) (authenticated as totemp@libero.it) id 3F1D5F840039252F for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:58:22 +0200 Return-Path: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Aug 2003 12:15:36.0327 (UTC) FILETIME=[46B24970:01C35B4B] User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; it-IT; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20030225 X-Accept-Language: it, en, en-us X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.28 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) X-Spam-Score: -5.8 () USER_AGENT_MOZILLA_UA Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: psnfss Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:05:53 +0100 Message-ID: A<3F2F9DA1.20001@aqit.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: psnfss Thread-Index: AcNbS0bV3dzHAQ6IQdqNfRIpLvyNOw== From: "Antonio Quercia" To: Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 4733 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35B4B.45E7CD80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Maybe this is off topic, but I haven't found the psnfss' mailing list. Anyway, I think this email is not so bad (or I hope). Subject: avant.sty like helvet.sty On the last page of the manual psnfss2e.pdf there is the sample sentence: 'D'ont use Avant Garde for typesetting larger portions of text!'. I absolutely don't agree with that! (The problem could be only the size of the font, like Helvetica, but that problem is solvable, as I suggest) It is sufficient to typeset just a page of text with the Avant Garde font, and to print it with a good printer, to convince oneself that the Avant Garde font is a very beautiful font. This is not only a personal opinion: there are lots of books typesetted with the Avant Garde font that you can buy in bookstores, at least in Italy, wehere I live. I typesetted my master thesys using Avant Garde (scaled in size) as main font, Helvetica (scaled) as sans serif font, and Computer Modern as math font. Also, I used Bitstream Charter to typeset the tiltes of chapters and sections. Taking the files helvet.sty and *phv.fd as templates, I wrote a simple package myavant.sty, and I modified the *pag.fd files, to match the size of the Avant Garde font to the size of the Computer modern math fonts. Actually, the scaling is fixed, while the helvet package use the keyval package to allow user variable scaling factor. Maybe it's simple, but I don't know if it is, and now I haven't the time to study the keyval package. So I hope that in the next release, the PSNFSS team will provide the package avant.sty with the same 'rights' of the package helvet.sty. Antonio Quercia ------_=_NextPart_001_01C35B4B.45E7CD80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable psnfss

Maybe this is off topic, but I haven't found = the
psnfss' mailing list.
Anyway, I think this email is not so bad (or I = hope).


Subject:  avant.sty like helvet.sty

On the last page of the manual psnfss2e.pdf there = is
the sample sentence:

    'D'ont use Avant Garde for = typesetting
     larger portions of = text!'.

I absolutely don't agree with that!
(The problem could be only the size of the font, = like
Helvetica, but that problem is solvable, as I = suggest)

It is sufficient to typeset just a page of text = with
the Avant Garde font, and to print it with a good = printer,
to convince oneself that the Avant Garde font is a = very
beautiful font.
This is not only a personal opinion: there are lots = of
books typesetted with the Avant Garde font that you = can
buy in bookstores, at least in Italy, wehere I = live.

I typesetted my master thesys using Avant Garde
(scaled in size) as main font, Helvetica (scaled) as = sans
serif font, and Computer Modern as math font.
Also, I used Bitstream Charter to typeset the = tiltes
of chapters and sections.

Taking the files helvet.sty and *phv.fd as = templates,
I wrote a simple package myavant.sty, and I modified = the
*pag.fd files, to match the size of the Avant Garde = font
to the size of the Computer modern math fonts.
Actually, the scaling is fixed, while the helvet = package
use the keyval package to allow user variable scaling = factor.
Maybe it's simple, but I don't know if it is, and now = I
haven't the time to study the keyval package.

So I hope that in the next release, the PSNFSS team = will
provide the package avant.sty with the same = 'rights'
of the package helvet.sty.

Antonio Quercia

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